كڨژ

Karakhanid

Etymology

Uncertain. Clauson suggest a possible borrowing from Sogdian on the basis of final -j, however gives no examples.^[1] Nişanyan talks about a phenomenon seen in Old Turkic & Old Uyghur where there is a dialectal change between /z/ ~ /ʒ/ and suggests that it's a dialectal form of *küwiz, further connecting it to Turkish küf,^[2] note also Turkmen köwzemek (“to dust”) possibly from *küwiz-e-.

Noun

كُڨِژْ (küwij)

rotten heartwood

Adjective

كُڨِژْ (küwij)

rotten
كُڨِژْ تُرْما ― Küvij turmā. ― Rotten radish.

Descendants

>? Chagatai: [script needed] (küf)

References

^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küvij”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 688
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “küf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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 366
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 157

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küvij”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 688

[2] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “küf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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