𐰀𐱃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”). Cognate with Chuvash ят (jat), Khalaj ât, Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐾀 (at), Turkish ad, Uzbek ot, Bashkir ат (at), Yakut аат (aat).

Noun

𐰀𐱃 (āt)

1. name, title
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E7-8

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐰃𐱃𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰍𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾

     türük:begler:türük:ātïn:ïtï:tabɣačɣï:begler:tabɣač:ātïn:tutupan:tabɣač:qaɣanqa:körmiš

     The Turkic lords abondened their Turkic titles. Those lords who were in China held the Chinese titles and obeyed the Chinese emperor and gave their services to him.

2. reputation, rank, fame

Alternative forms

• 𐱃 (at)

Derived terms

• 𐱃𐰞𐰍 (atlïɣ, “famous, ranked”)
• 𐰀𐱃𐰣 (ātan-, “to become famous”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “āt”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 305
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:t”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 32
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill