𐱃𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian tn' (tan, “body”). Cognate with Turkish ten (“skin”), Uzbek tan, Bashkir тән (tən).

Noun

𐱃𐰣 (tan)

1. (anatomy) body
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 3

     𐱃𐰣𐰢:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐱃𐰴𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰚𐰀:𐰢𐰔𐰚𐰤:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰖𐰑𐰀:𐰖𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰯𐰞:𐰀𐰑𐰆𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰺:𐰢𐰤:𐰾𐰋𐰓𐰜𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tanïm:tüsi:taqï:tükemezken:taluyda:yatïpan:tapladuqumïn:tutar:men:sebdükümin:yéyür:men

     Although the feathers of my body are not yet fully grown, lying down by the sea, I catch what I please (and) I eat what I like.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tan”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 63
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510