اذكو

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *edgü (“good”). Possibly related to ااذ (ēδ, “manufactured thing”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü), Chuvash ырӑ (yră), Turkish iyi, Bashkir эйе (eye), иге (ige) and Yakut үтүө (ütüö).

Adjective

اَذْكُو (eδgǖ)

1. good

   قُشْنٖى قُنُمْ اَغِشْقا
   قِلْغِلْ اَنْكَرْ اَغِرْلِقْ
   اَرْتُتْ اَلِبْ اَنُنْغِلْ
   اَذْكُو تَڤَرْ اُغُرْلُقْ

   Qošnï̄ qonum ağïšqā,
   Qïlğïl aŋar ağïrlïq,
   Artut alïp anunğïl,
   Eδgǖ tavar oğurluq.

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References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “edgü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 52

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, pages 114-115