𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *edgü (“good, excellent”). Cognate with Chuvash ырӑ (yră), Old Turkic 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü), Karakhanid اَذْكُو (eδgǖ), Turkish iyi and Yakut үтүө (ütüö).

Adjective

𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 (edgü /ʾdkw/)

1. good, excellent, auspicious
   1. superior, appealing
2. healthy, beautiful
3. delicious, hearty
4. genuine, quality
5. lucky, favored
   1. happy, bestowed
6. friendly
   1. welcoming, helping
   2. saving, rescuing
   3. virtuous
7. correct
   1. effective

Noun

𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 (edgü /ʾdkw/)

1. mitzvah, good deed, virtue
2. quality, well made product
3. (religion, Buddhism) mark of auspiciousness, Lakshana
4. (figurative) handsome person

Compound terms

• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽾𐽳𐽷 (edgü adrok, “perfection”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐾁𐽰 (Edgü Agïrlïg Körkle, “one who is good and venerable, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit शोभित (Śobhita))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 (edgü altun, “pure gold”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐽹𐽾𐽰𐽷 (edgü amrak, “lover; a boyfriend or a girlfriend”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (Edgü Asïglïg, “one whose benefit is good, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit शुभार्थ (Śubhārtha))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽸𐽾𐽰𐽹 (edgü edrem, “virtue”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽸𐽾𐽰𐽹 𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽲 (Edgü Edrem Yaruklug, “one who is bestowed the virtuous beam of light, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit ཡོན་ཏན་འོད་ཟེར་གཟི་བརྗིད། (Guṇatejoraśmi))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽸𐽾𐽰𐽹𐾀𐽰 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 (Edgü Edremte Yorïdačï Maŋdačï, “one who treads through the path of virtue, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit [Term?])”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽴 (edgü ermez, “terrible, bad, vile”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽱𐽾𐽶𐽿 (edgü evriš, “good deed, mitzvah”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (Edgü Biliglig, “one with good knowledge, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit सुज्ञान (Sujñāna))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽳𐽾 (edgü bor, “undiluted wine”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽲 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 (Edgü Buluŋug Yïŋakïg Etürmedeči, “one who does not stray from the direction of good, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit ཤེས་རབ་རྫོགས་པ། (Deśāmūḍha))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽳 (edgü irü, “good omen”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽶𐽿 (edgü iš, “good deed, mitzvah”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽽 (edgü kïlïnč, “good deed, mitzvah”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁 (edgü köŋül, “altruism, benevolence, philanthropy”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐾁𐽳𐽲 (edgü köŋüllüg, “altruistic, benevolent, philanthrope”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽷𐽳𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽶𐽲 (Edgü Küü Atlïg, “one whose fame is good, an epithet of Buddha”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽺𐽳𐽹𐾀𐽰 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 (Edgü Nomta Yorïdačï, “one who treads in good doctrine, an epithet of Buddha”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶 (edgü ögli, “altruistic, benevolent, philanthrope”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽲𐾄 (Edgü Ögli Köŋüllüg Agïlïk, “one who is a treasure of benevolence, an epithet of Buddha”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽿𐽶 (edgü öši, “a friend who gives religious counsel”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽻𐽼 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽴 (edgü sab söz, “good news, gospel, evangel (Calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽻𐽰𐽱 (edgü sav, “aphorism, proverb”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐾀𐽱𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽶𐽲 (Edgü Tavarlïg, “one whose commodities are good, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit [Term?])”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺 (edgü ün, “euphony”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐾁𐽳𐽲 (Edgü Ünlüg, “euphonic one, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit सुस्वर (Susvara) and सुघोष (Sughoṣa))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽲𐽶𐽲 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 (Edgü Ünüg Egzigig Sevdeči, “one who likes melodies and euphony, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit उच्चस्वरप्रिय (Uccasvarapriya))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽲 (Edgü Yaruklug, “one whom is bestowed good lights, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit सुरश्मि (Suraśmi))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽰𐽱𐽳𐽴 (edgü yavuz, “good and bad, optimism and pessimism”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽶𐽸 (edgü yïd, “fragrance, redolence”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽳𐾁 (edgü yol, “appropriate existence”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽰 (Edgü Yula, “one whom is bestowed extraordinary light, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit ལྷས་མཆོད་ཟླ་བ། (Kuśalapradīpa))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽻𐽰𐽺 (edgün esen, “healthy, safe and sound”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽶𐽿 (Edgün Barmïš, “one who arrived well, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit सुगत (Sugata))”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽳𐽿 (Edgün Turmuš, “one who stood well, an epithet of Buddha (Calque of Sanskrit सुस्थित (Susthita))”)

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽽𐽶 (edgüči, “philantrope”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽷 (edgügermek, “to turn towards the path of good”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾁 (edgül, “Right!, Correct!”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (edgülemek, “to find a decision justified”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (edgülük, “well, good, healthy”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (edgürmek, “to heal”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾀𐽶 (edgüti, “appropriate, correct”)

Etymology 2

A rare orthographic aberration.

Noun

𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 (edgü /ʾdkw/)

1. Misspelling of 𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽾 (agar /⁠ʾgʾr⁠/, “agarwood, Aquilaria malaccensis”).

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ädgü”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 78
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “edgü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 51
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ädgü ~ (ä)dgü”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 96-99