𐰸𐱃𐰖
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 縞帶 (MC kawX|kawH tajH).
Noun[edit]
𐰸𐱃𐰖 (qutay)
- silk
- Synonym: 𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃 (išgiti)
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
- 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁:𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰖:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰽𐰔:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰇𐰼
- altun:kümüš:išgiti:qutay:buŋsïz:anča:bérür
- They give us gold, silver and silk in abundance.
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “qutay”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 348
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kutay”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 607-608