𐰋𐰓𐰜

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (bedük), Tuvan бедик (bedik), Turkish büyük.

Adjective

𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük)

1. big, powerful, great

   Antonym: 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60

     𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔:𐱅𐰃𐰔:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰢𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     bed[ük]:tiz:üze:ünüpen:möŋreyür:men

     Rising on my big (and powerful) knees, I bellow.

Alternative forms

• 𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔 (bediz) (Irk Bitig, misspelling)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bädük”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 311
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(ä)d[ük]”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beḏük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 302
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEdü-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill