𐰸𐱃𐰖

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 縞帶 (MC kawX|kawH tajH).

Noun

𐰸𐱃𐰖 (qutay)

1. silk

   Synonym: 𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃 (išgiti)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5

     𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁:𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰖:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰽𐰔:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰇𐰼

     altun:kümüš:išgiti:qutay:buŋsïz:anča:bérür

     They give us gold, silver and silk in abundance.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qutay”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 348
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kutay”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 607-608