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| Introduction. What is bitik? |
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In order to see this page properly establish this font in your system: Old Turkic. Look here to establish this font in the system.
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| birWi SB bitg tams na What is bitik? |
The inscription which we are going to read is Turkic inscription. The following words written with paint should be read from the right to the left. Here you can see the Turkish word “bitik” and the words with same stem. These words were written at the end of memorial’s text. The word “bitik” was used when they wanted to give information about the author, carvation time of it and who it was dedicated to. There are transcriptions in square brackets. They will help to read words properly.
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| bitg | [bitig] | бітік |
it means inscription, text, letter, written work |
| bitgma | [bitigime] | бітігіме |
it means a writer |
| bitgTY | [bitigtaš] | бітіктас |
The Turkic text which has been carved on a special stone, such old Turkic monuments were called stele. According to old traditions covered inscriptions were called “eternal stone”.
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| bitidm | [bitidim] | бітідім |
It means “I wrote”. On the second side of the Kultegin stele there are the words that had been writing this tombstone for 20 days. The person who wrote a text on the stone was called “bitikshi”. Secretary of Kagan also was called as “bitikshi”.
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| bititdm | [bititidim] | бітіттім |
It means that if you save an order to somebody to write. |
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In these pictures you can see on examples on inscriptions. |
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The basic idea of creating the electronic historical and cultural fund was based on issue of The Oriental Studies Section of The Institute of Oriental Studies named after Suleimenov in 2005 under the govermental program "Cultural Heritage":
"Қазақстан тарихы туралы түркі деректемелері" сериясының 2-томы
Н.Базылхан "Көне түрік бітіктастары мен ескерткіштері (Орхон, Енисей, Талас)"
Алматы: Дайк-Пресс. 2005, 252 б. +144 бет жапсырма.
Chief Editors:
doctor of history sciences Prof. M.Abuseitova
doctor of philology sciences Prof. B.Bukhatuly.
We appreciate The Director of The Institute of Oriental Studies Meruert Abuseitova for her help.
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