ꡝꡙ ꡉꡋ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

ʼPhags-pa script spelling of ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ (ʾʾldʾn /⁠altan⁠/).

Noun

ꡝꡙ
ꡉꡋ
(ʼʼl-tʼn /altan/)

  1. gold, golden
    • 14th Century, The Chu-Yung-Kuan Inscription of the Right Wall:
      ꡆꡙ‌ꡢꡏ‌ꡆꡞ
      ꡅ‌ꡢꡖꡋ
      ꡆꡖ‌ꡋꡟ
      ꡆꡟꡙ‌ꡆꡞ‌ꡢ‌ꡋꡟ
      ꡛꡟ‌ꡊꡟꡘ
      ꡆ‌ꡗꡖꡋ
      ꡉꡟ‌ꡉꡟꡏ
      ꡝꡙ‌ꡉꡋ
      ꡆ‌ꡖꡋ
      ꡁꡦꡡꡙ‌ꡂꡦ‌ꡋꡞ
      ꡡ‌ꡙꡟ‌ꡖꡊ
      [...]
      ǰl-qm-ǰi čʼ-q'n ǰ'-nu ǰul-ǰi-q-nu [su]-dur ǰ-y'n tʼu-ʼtum ʼʼl-tʼn ǰ-'n kʼeol-ge-ni o-lu-ʼd [...]
      /ǰalqamǰi čaqa'a:n ǰa'a:n-u ǰulǰiqan-u sudur ǰaya'a:n tutum altan ǰa'a:n kölgen-i olu'a:d [...]/
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References

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2010), Mongolian monuments in ʾPhags-pa script (Language and Linguistics monograph series; 42), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, pages 107, 136, 181, 256