Behter
Appearance
Behter or Bekter (Template:Lang-mn[a]; died 1180) was the son of Yesugei, chief of the Kiyad clan, and a junior wife named Sochigel or Suchigu in some sources and Ko'agjin in others. He was also half-brother of Genghis Khan, then known as Temujin. On the death of Yesugei, Temujin, his mother Hoelun, his siblings and two half-brothers (including Behter, Belgutei and their mother Sochigel) were abandoned by their tribe and left to fend for themselves.[4] Living off the land, they managed to survive. However, the older half-brothers deprived 14-year-old Temujin and his brother Qasar of their spoils. Temujin and Qasar stalked and killed Behter, for which they were scolded by their mother Hoelun.[5]
Ancestry
Yesugei Baghatur | Hoelun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belgutei | Behter | Jöchi Khasar | Khajiun | Temüge | Temüjin (Genghis Khan) | Börte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jochi | Chagatai | Ögedei | Tolui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notelist
- ^ Compare Khalkha Mongolian бэх "strong" < Proto-Mongolic *bekü "firm, hard, solid; fighter, strong man";[1] probably from Turkic, compare Proto-Turkic *bek "firm, solid, stable"[2] or Proto-Turkic *böke "warrior" < "big snake"[3]
References
- ^ Starostin, Dybo, & Mudrak. (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages "Proto-Mongolian root *bekü"
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972). An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-13th Century Turkish. Oxford University Press p. 323
- ^ Starostin, Dybo, & Mudrak. (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages "Proto-Turkic root *böke"
- ^ "ДОКУМЕНТЫ->МОНГОЛИЯ->СОКРОВЕННОЕ СКАЗАНИЕ МОНГОЛОВ->ПУБЛИКАЦИЯ С. А. КОЗИНА 1941 Г.->ГЛАВЫ I-III". www.vostlit.info. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ The Secret History of the Mongols 75-76, p.22-23. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves, 1982.