𐰉𐰍𐰽

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bāg (“connection, tie, rope”). Cognate with Turkish bağ, Uzbek bogʻ, Bashkir бау (baw), Yakut быа (bıa).

Noun

𐰉𐰍𐰽 (baɣïš)

1. rope
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5

     𐰉𐰍𐰽𐰃:𐰤𐰀:𐱅𐰏

     baɣïšï:ne:teg

     How are its ropes?

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(a)g(ı)ş”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 49
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bağış”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 321