English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedOriginal meaning: not settled in the sources.
Uncertain. Based on the formally similar terms in other Turkic languages, perhaps explainable as by surface analysis, 𐽰𐽰𐾀 (ʾʾt /at/) + -𐽸𐽰𐽿 (-dʾš /-daš/), which would then be from Proto-Common Turkic *āt (“name”), though note that this specific construction is not seen until later, after the Middle Turkic stage). The semantic breach and phonetic mismatch of the intervocalic -d- that arises from the previous etymology may suggest a similar or parallel derivation from 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾdmʾq /ad-/, “to separate, to distinguish; to be confused; to change”) or 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ʾʾdʾ /ada/, “danger, nuisance”) instead.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽿CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

