بطك

Bulgar

Etymology

Used instead of بَلُو (belüv, “monument”) on only one occasion. Considering that this word violates phonological and phonotactic rules of the native Bulgar words, it is a loanword from a Kipchak or a Khwarezmian language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *biti-g.

Cognate with Chuvash пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, “amulet”), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g, “inscription”).

Noun

بطك (bⁱtⁱg)

1. epitaph, inscription

References

• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası‎^[1], Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 34