𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

• (Yenisei) 𐰞𐱄𐰆𐰣 (altun)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *altun (“gold”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”), Old Uyghur ʾʾltwn (altun, “gold”), Bashkir алтын (altın, “gold”), Chuvash ылтӑн (ylt̬ăn, “gold”), Khakas алтын (altın, “gold, golden”), Turkish altın (“gold, golden”).

Noun

𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun)

1. gold

Adjective

𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun)

1. golden

   𐱅𐰤: 𐰾𐰃: 𐰢𐰤: 𐰖𐰺𐰣: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀: 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣: 𐰈𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤: 𐰈𐰕𐰀: 𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰝𐰣: 𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰈𐰼: 𐰢𐰤

   Ten-si men, yarïn kéče altun örgin üze olurupan meŋileyür men.

   I am Son of Heaven, in the morning and evening sitting on a golden throne, I rejoice.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “altu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131