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