𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *edgü (“good, excellent”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü), Karakhanid اَذْكُو (eδgǖ), Turkish iyi.

Adjective

𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 (edgü)

1. good

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽽𐽶 (edgüčü, “benefactor, charitable, helper”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽷𐽶𐽰 (edgükiye, “alive, safe and sound”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾁 (edgül, “That is good!”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (edgürmek, “to heal”)
• 𐽸𐽷𐽳𐾀𐽶 ((e)dgüti, “correct, good”)

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