𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏
Old Turkic
Etymology
Composed of 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /biti-/, “to write”) + -𐰏 (-g /-g/, deverbal noun suffix), further derived from Middle Chinese 筆 (pit, “to compose a text, to pen”).
Noun
𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /bitig/)
Declension
| Note: Not all forms are attested. | |
|---|---|
| nominative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g) |
| dative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰚𐰀 (b²it²gka) |
| accusative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰃𐰏 (b²it²gig) |
| locative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰀 (b²it²gd²a) |
| ablative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰃𐰤 (b²it²gd²in²) |
| instrumental | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰃𐰤 (b²it²gin²) |
| equative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰲𐰀 (b²it²gča) |
| directive | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²it²ggr²ü) |
| similative | 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰠𐰘𐰇 (b²it²gl²y²ü) |
Descendants
- → Turkish: betik (learned)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 303
- Tekin, Talât (1968), “bitig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316