بطك

Bulgar

Etymology

It replaces بَلُو (belüv, “monument”) in only one Volga Bulgar inscription. When we examine the phonology of the Volga Bulgar language, it is absolute borrowing from a Northern Kipchak language or Khorezmian language. Cognate with Chuvash пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, “amulet”), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g). From Proto-Turkic *biti-g.

Noun

بطك (bⁱtⁱg)

1. epitaph, inscription

References

• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası‎^[1], Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 34