𐱇

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𐱇 U+10C47, 𐱇
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OT
𐱆
[U+10C46]
Old Turkic 𐱈
[U+10C48]

Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pictogram of grass, compare Proto-Turkic *ot (grass), whence Etymology 2.

Letter[edit]

𐱇 ()

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ot/.

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ot (grass). Cognate with Chuvash утӑ (ut̬ă), Turkish ot (grass, herb), Azerbaijani ot, Turkmen ot, Uzbek oʻt, Bashkir ут (ut), Yakut от (ot).

Noun[edit]

𐱇 (ot)

  1. grass, herb
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 17
      𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐱃𐰍:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰆𐰉:𐰆𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰽:𐱇:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰖𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰃𐰯𐰣:𐰽𐰆𐰉:𐰃𐰲𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰖𐰀𐰽:𐰘𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰢𐰓𐰀:𐰆𐰔𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      teŋri:küčüŋe:taɣ:üze:yol:sub:körüpen:yiš:üze:yāš:ot:körüpen:yorïyu:barïpan:sub:ičipen:yāš:yépen:ölümde:ozmïš:tér
      Thanks to the strength given by Heaven, having seen way (and) water on a mountain (and) having seen fresh grass on a mountain pasture, it went (there) walking. (Thus), drinking the water (and) eating the fresh grass it escaped death, it says.

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