𐰋

𐰋 U+10C0B, 𐰋 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AEB ← 𐰊 [U+10C0A] Old Turkic 𐰌 → [U+10C0C]

See also: 𐰌

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek β (b, “beta”) through intermediaries.

Letter

𐰋 (b²)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /b/ and /v/ used with front vowels.

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳂, 𐲂

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “b²/v²”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
• Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 80
• Ghirshman, Roman (1948) Les Chionites-Hephtalites‎^[2], Iran: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, page 63

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *äb (“house”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽱 (äv); Tuvan өг (ög), Khakas иб (ib), Shor ӱй (üy), Northern Altai ӱг (üg); Siberian Tatar өй (öy), Bashkir өй (öy), Tatar өй (öy); Uyghur ئۆي / öy / өй, Uzbek uy; Turkish ev (“house”); Khalaj həv; etc.

Noun

𐰋 (b² /äb/)

1. house, dwelling-place; tent

   Synonyms: 𐰉𐰺𐰴 (b¹r¹q /⁠barq⁠/), 𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃 (y¹ur¹t¹ /⁠yurt⁠/)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 9:

     𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰋:𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰤𐰢𐰃𐰾

     ul¹uǧ:b²:ür²t²n²mis²

     /uluɣ äb örtänmiš/

     A big house was burnt down.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “äb”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)b”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “e:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill