𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *balïk (“mud”). Cognate with Arghu بَلِقْ (balıq), Chuvash пылчăк (pylčăk), Turkish balçık, Uzbek balchiq, Bashkir балсыҡ (balsıq).

Noun

𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶 (balïq)

  1. mud
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N8:
      𐰚𐰃:𐰼𐰏:𐰽𐰨𐰑𐰃:𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰴𐰑𐰯
      éki:erig:sančïp:balïqqa:basïkdï
      He stabbed two men and buried them into the mud.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “balïq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 308
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “balık”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 336
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