𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology

A derivation from 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃‎ (biti-, “to write, inscribe”). Cognate to Old Uyghur [script needed] (bitig, “inscription, scripture”), Karakhanid [script needed] (bitig, “anything written; book, letter...”), Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (biti, “letter, written document”), Bashkir бетеү (betew, “amulet”). See also Mongolian бичиг (bičig), a Turkic borrowing.

Alternative forms
  • 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏‎ (bitig)

Noun

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (bitig)

  1. inscription
  2. book

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 303
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