𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃

Generally thought to be derived from Middle Chinese 筆 (MC pˠiɪt̚, “writing brush”). Cognate to Old Uyghur [script needed] (biti-, “to write”), Karakhanid [script needed] (biti-, “to write”), Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (biti-, “to be destined”). See also Mongolian бичих (bičih, “to write”), a Turkic borrowing.

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (biti-)

1. to write
2. to inscribe

• 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏‎ (bitig)
• 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰀‎ (bitigme)
• 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐱅‎ (bitit-)

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “biti-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299