𐰉

𐰉 U+10C09, 𐰉 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AB ← 𐰈 [U+10C08] Old Turkic 𐰊 → [U+10C0A]

See also: 𐰊

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼃 (β, “beth”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܒ (“beth”).

Letter

𐰉 (b¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /b/ and /v/, used with back vowels.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “b¹/v¹”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āb (“hunt, chase”). Cognate with, Turkish av (“hunt, hunting”), Turkmen āw (“hunt”), Uzbek ov, Bashkir ау (aw). Compare also Mongolian ав (av), Manchu ᠠᠪᠠ (aba).

Noun

𐰉 (ab)

1. hunt, hunting expedition, prey
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 12:

     𐰼:𐰉𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     er:abqa:barmïš

     A man went hunting.

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰞𐰀 (abla-, “to hunt”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ab”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ab”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Āb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill