𐰋𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare Turkish ben (“I”).

Alternative forms

• 𐰢𐰤 (men)

Pronoun

𐰋𐰤 (ben)

1. I

Related terms

• 𐰉𐰭𐰀 (baŋa, “to me”)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz, “we”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ben”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 346