𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Mongolic language, compare Mongolian баримал (barimal, “sculpture”). Compare also Hungarian bálvány (“idol”).

Noun[edit]

𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal)

  1. monument, statue, sculpture
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16
      𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐱁𐰞𐰖𐰆:𐰉𐰔:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰍:𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞:𐱅𐰃𐰚𐰢𐰾
      qaŋïm:qaɣanqa:bašlayu:baz:qaɣanïɣ:balbal:tikmiš
      (My uncle, the khagan) first erected Baz Khagan as a monument for my father, the khagan.

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: balbal (learned)

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “balbal”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (1995). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.[1]
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “balbal”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAlbal”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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