بیتماک

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Khorezmian Turkic بتیماک (/⁠bitimäk⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *biti-, itself from Middle Chinese (pit, writing brush). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i).

Verb

بیتماک • (bytmāk /bitmäk, bitimäk/) (third-person singular aorist بیتیر (/⁠bitir⁠/))

  1. (transitive) to write
    Synonyms: یازماق (yāzmāq /⁠yazmaq⁠/), سیزماق (syzmāq /⁠sizmaq⁠/)
  2. (transitive) to record, document

Derived terms

  • بیتکوچی (bytkwčy /⁠bitküči⁠/, author, scribe)
  • بیتی (byty /⁠biti⁠/, anything written)
  • بیتیتماک (bytytmāk /⁠bititmäk⁠/, to make write)
  • بیتیلماک (bytylmāk /⁠bitilmäk⁠/, to be written)
  • بیتیک (bytyk /⁠bitig, bitik⁠/, anything written: letter)
  • پیتورماک (pytwrmāk /⁠pittürmäk⁠/, to cause to write)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: پۈتمەك (pütmek)
  • Uzbek: bitmoq

Further reading