𐰋𐰓𐰜

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”). Cognate with Turkish büyük (“big”).

Adjective

𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük)

  1. big, powerful, great
    Antonym: 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60
      𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔:𐱅𐰃𐰔:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰢𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤
      bed[ük]:tiz:üze:ünüpen:möŋreyür:men
      Rising on my big (and powerful) knees, I bellow.

Alternative forms
  • 𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔 (bediz) (Irk Bitig, misspelling)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bädük”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 311
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(ä)d[ük]”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beḏük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEdü-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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