𐰖𐰆𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *yōg (“funeral”), perhaps ultimately from Scythian, however a derivation from *yō- (“to erase”) has also been suggested. Compare Ossetian дугъ (duǧ), Ancient Greek δόγια (dógia, “funeral service”).

Noun

𐰖𐰆𐰍 (yoɣ)

1. funeral
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S11:

     𐰖𐰆𐰍:𐰘𐰯𐰺𐰃𐰍:𐰚𐰠𐰇𐰼𐰯:𐱅𐰃𐰚𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐱅𐰃

     yoɣ:yïparïɣ:kelürüp:tike:bérti

     They brought scented (candles) for the funeral and set them up for us.

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰲𐰃 (yoɣčï, “mourner”)
• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰀 (yoɣla-, “to mourn”)
• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐱃 (yoɣlat-, “to hold a funeral”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yoγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 405
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yoğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 895
• Moravcsik, Gyula (1983) “δόγια”, in Byzantinoturcica II: Sprachreste der Türkvölker in den byzantinischen Quellen (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, page 119