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 بِلٖيرْ ― Avčï̄ nečē āl bilsē aδïɣ ančā yōl bilīr. ― However many tricks the hunter knows, the bear knows as many ways out.

Descendants

• Chagatai: آيق (ayıq)
  • Uzbek: ayiq
  • Uyghur: ئېيىق (ëyiq)

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

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 63
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 30