š°
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Old Turkic
Etymology
Clauson suggest that it might ultimately be derived from Ancient Greek Ī (K, ākappaā) through intermediaries. According to Clauson, the circle that Ancient Greek Ī (D, ādeltaā) had become in Asia was unsuitable for this script which is why the inventor chose to derive it from a variant of Ī (K, ākappaā).
In an older study, he also suggests Ancient Greek Ī§ (Kh, āchiā) and gives the reason that the inventor ran out of homophonic models.
Letter
š° (dĀ²)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /d/ and /Ć°/, used with front vowels.
Descendants
- ā Old Hungarian: š³, š²
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) ādĀ²/įøĀ²ā, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
- Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studiesā, London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 80
- Ghirshman, Roman (1948) Les Chionites-Hephtalitesā, Iran: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, page 63
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