𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beŋgü (“eternal”) possibly from Middle Chinese 萬古 (MC mjonH kuX, “aeons, eternal”). Cognate with Turkish bengi (“eternal”), Uzbek mangu (“eternal”), Bashkir мәңге (məñge, “eternal”), Yakut мэҥэ (meñe, “eternal”).

Adjective

𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇 (beŋgü)

1. eternal, everlasting, forever
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S8

     𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰽𐰺:𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇:𐰃𐰠:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰲𐰃:𐰾𐰤

     ötüken:yïš:olursar:beŋgü:él:tuta:olurtačï:sen

     If you stay at the Ötüken mountains, you will live forever dominating the tribes!

Derived terms

• 𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇:𐱃𐱁 (beŋgü taš, “memorial stone”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bäŋgü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 312
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beŋgü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350