𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yogan (“thick”). Cognate with Khalaj yoğun, Turkish yoğun.

Adjective

𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣 (yoɣun)

1. dense, thick, tough

   Synonyms: 𐰴𐰞𐰣 (qalïn), 𐰞𐰯 (alp)

   Antonyms: 𐰖𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀 (yuyqa), 𐰘𐰨𐰏𐰀 (yinčge), 𐰆𐰲𐰔 (učuz)

   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS6-7

     𐰖𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰏:𐱅𐰆𐰯𐰞𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰆𐰲𐰔:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰘𐰨𐰏𐰀:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰏:𐰇𐰔𐰏𐰠𐰃:𐰆𐰲𐰔:𐰖𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰾𐰺:𐱃𐰆𐰯𐰞𐰍𐰆𐰞𐰸:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰘𐰨𐰏𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰽𐰺:𐰇𐰔𐰏𐰠𐰜:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾

     yuyqa:erklig:tupulɣalï:učuz:ermiš:yinčge:erklig:üzgeli:učuz:yuyqa:qalïn:bolsar:tupulɣuluq:alp:ermiš:yinčge:yoɣun:bolsar:üzgülük:alp:ermiš

     That which is thin is easy to bend, they say; that which is tender is easy to break. If thin becomes thick, it is hard to bend it, they say; and if tender becomes tough, it is hard to break it, they say.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yoγun”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 405
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yoğu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 904
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jogan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill