pʾdwk

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”), equivalent to pʾdw (bedü-, “to grow”) +‎ -k (-k).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük), Khalaj bidük, Turkish büyük, Uzbek buyuk, Bashkir бөйөк (böyök).

Adjective

pʾdwk (bedük)

  1. big, large
  2. high

Descendants
  • > Western Yugur: pezik (inherited)

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beḏük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “bädük”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 37
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bädük”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 154
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