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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig

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This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *biti- (to write) +‎ *-g.

Noun

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*bitig

  1. inscription, scripture

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: betű
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, amulet)
  • Common Turkic: *bitig, *bitik
  • Proto-Oghuz: *bitig, *bitik
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى (biti, letter, written document)
        • Azerbaijani: bitik (archaic)
        • Ottoman Turkish: بتى (biti, letter, written document; memory (literature); bill, document)
          • Turkish: biti (letter, post; amulet; notebook; book; forme; amulet; credentials, document, compass, licence; clerk) (dialectal)
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /⁠bitig⁠/)
      • Turkish: betik
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bitig)
        • Western Yugur: [script needed] (pïʰtïɣ, book)
  • Mongolian: бичиг (bičig)

References

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  1. ^ Toparlı, Recep (2007) Kıpçak Türkçesi Sözlüğü[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 33
  • [2]
  • biti”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982