𐱁𐰦𐰆𐰭

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 山東 (MC srean tuwng, “Shandong”). Compare also Japanese 山東 (Santō), Korean 산동 (Sandong), Vietnamese Sơn Đông, English Shandong, Chinese borrowings.

Proper noun

𐱁𐰦𐰆𐰭 (Šantuŋ)

1. Shandong, a region in China.
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, G3

     𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐱁𐰦𐰆𐰭:𐰖𐰕𐰃𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰓𐰢

     ilgerü:šantuŋ:yazïqa:tegi:süledim:taluyqa:kičig:tegmedim

     I went on campaigns eastwards up to the Shandong plain; I almost reached the ocean.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “šantuŋ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 373
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱁𐰦𐰆𐰭”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan