𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Proper noun

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𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤 (Ötüken)

  1. Otuken, the capital of the First Turkic Khaganate and the Uyghur Khaganate.
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S4
      𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰑𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰏:𐰃𐰓𐰃:𐰖𐰸:𐰼𐰢𐱁
      ötüken:yïšda:yég:idi:yoq:ermiš
      A land better than the Otuken mountains does not exist at all!

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Chinese: 於都斤

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ötüken”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 364