𐱃𐰭

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *taŋ (“dawn, dusk”). Cognate with Turkish tan, Uzbek tong, Bashkir таң (tañ), Yakut тыҥ (tıñ).

Noun

𐱃𐰭 (taŋ)

1. dawn
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 26

     𐱃𐰭:𐱃𐰭𐰞𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰆𐰑𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰖𐰺𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐰆𐰑𐰆:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰑𐰃

     taŋ:taŋlardï:udu:yér:yarudï:udu:kün:tuɣdï

     The dawn broke and the earth became bright and the sun rose.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “taŋ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 375
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(a)ŋ”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 63
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “taŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510