𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Unknown.

Proper noun

𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤 (Ötüken)

1. Otuken, the capital of the First Turkic Khaganate and the Uyghur Khaganate.
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S4

     𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰑𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰏:𐰃𐰓𐰃:𐰖𐰸:𐰼𐰢𐱁

     ötüken:yïšda:yég:idi:yoq:ermiš

     A land better than the Otuken mountains does not exist at all!

Alternative forms

• 𐰈𐱆𐰝𐰥 (Ötüken) (Yenisei)

Descendants

• → Middle Chinese: 於都斤

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ötüken”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 364