Old Turkic

Alternative forms

• (Yenisei) 𐰞𐱄𐰆𐰣 ‎(altun)

Noun

𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 ‎(altun)

1. gold

Adjective

𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 ‎(altun)

1. golden

   𐱅𐰤: 𐰾𐰃: 𐰢𐰤: 𐰖𐰺𐰣: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀: 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣: 𐰈𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤: 𐰈𐰕𐰀: 𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰝𐰣: 𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰈𐰼: 𐰢𐰤‎

   Ten-si men, yarïn kéče altun örgin üze olurupan meŋileyür men.

   I am Son of Heaven, in the morning and evening sitting on a golden throne, I rejoice.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131