𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kutlug (“fortunate, blessed”) equivalent to 𐰴𐰆𐱃 (qut, “luck, fortune”) +‎ 𐰞𐰆𐰍 (-luɣ). Cognate with Turkish kutlu (“happy, blessed”).

Adjective

𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qutluɣ)

1. fortunate, blessed, happy
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23

     𐰲𐰆𐰚:𐱅𐰃𐰭:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     čekik:etiŋ:qutluɣ:bolzun:tér

     'Lark! May your flesh be blessed!', he says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kutlug”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kutluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 601