اذغ

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

Inherited from Common Turkic *adïg (bear). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰑𐰍 (adïɣ, bear), Turkish ayı (bear) and Bashkir айыу (ayıw).

Noun

اَذِغْ (aδïɣ)

  1. bear
    Synonym: اَبا (apā)
    اَڤْجٖى نَجا اَلْ بِلْسا اَذِغْ اَنْجا يُولْ بِلٖيرْAvčï̄ nečē āl bilsē aδïɣ ančā yōl bilīr.However many tricks the hunter knows, the bear knows as many ways out.
Descendants
  • Chagatai: آيق (ayıq)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ādïg (sober). Cognate with Chuvash урă (ură), Turkish ayık (sober) and Bashkir айыҡ (ayıq, sober).

Adjective

اَذِغْ (aδïɣ)

  1. sober, conscious

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 45-46

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