𐱃

𐱃 U+10C43, 𐱃 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AT ← 𐱂 [U+10C42] Old Turkic 𐱄 → [U+10C44]

See also: 𐱄

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Classical Syriac ܛ (“teth”).

Letter

𐱃 (t¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /t/, used with back vowels.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 79

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”). Cognate with Chuvash ут (ut), Khalaj hat, Turkish at (“horse”), Uzbek ot, Bashkir ат (at), Yakut ат (at).

Noun

𐱃 (at)

1. horse
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19:

     𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér

     A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

Derived terms

• 𐱃𐰞𐰍 (atlïɣ)

Related terms

• 𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃 (yunt)
• 𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰃 (yïlqï)
• 𐰑𐰍𐰺 (adɣïr)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “at”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 304
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)t”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “at”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 33
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ăt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill