𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *botu (“calf of a camel”). Cognate with Turkish potuk (“calf of a camel”).
Noun[edit]
𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆 (botu)
- calf of a camel
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 41
- 𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾
- ürüŋ:ingeni:botulamïš
- ...his white female camel had just given birth to a camel calf.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 41
Derived terms[edit]
- 𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆𐰞𐰀 (botula-, “to give birth”)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “botula-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “botu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*botu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill