دكل

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

• دِیكُلْ (degül)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”), further etymology unclear. Perhaps a contraction of Proto-Turkic *tāg + *ol

Adverb

دَكُلْ (dägül)

1. not (negates اِیمَكْ (imäk))
   • 14th Century, anonymous author, Bursa Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:

     اكر صاغ در اسن در آخشام اولمدين كنه من سكا كلورم. اوردم صاغ اسن دكل ايسه باشكوزه چاره ايدك.

     ägär saġ-dur äsän-dür aḫşam olduġın gänä män saŋa gälüräm. Ordum saġ äsän dägül isä başuŋuza çārä edüŋ

     whether it is healthy or well I will still come to you at night. If my army is not healthy and well take care of yourselves.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: deyil
• Gagauz: diil
• Ottoman Turkish: دگل (değil, değül), دكول (değül)
  • Turkish: değil

Further reading

• “değül”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دكول (değül)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكُلْ (dägül), from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”). Compare Azerbaijani deyil.

Adverb

دگل • (değil)

1. not (negates the verb *ایمك)

Descendants

• Turkish: değil

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 577a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük