𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”), equivalent to 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽷 (bedü-, “to grow”) +‎ -𐽷 (-k). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük), Khalaj bidük, Turkish büyük, Uzbek buyuk, Bashkir бөйөк (böyök).

Adjective

𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (pʾdwk /bedük/)

1. big, large

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾlkyq /⁠alkïg⁠/), 𐽹𐽲𐽰 (mqʾ /⁠maha⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐽶 (tʾy /⁠tai⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ʾwlwq /⁠ulug⁠/)

   Antonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽴 (ʾʾz /⁠az⁠/), 𐽽𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽷 (cwtyk /⁠čutïk⁠/), 𐽵𐽶𐽺𐽰 (xynʾ /⁠hina⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾryn /⁠karïn⁠/), 𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽽 (kʾnc), [Term?] (/⁠kenč⁠/), 𐽷𐽶𐽽𐽶𐽲 (kycyq /⁠kičig⁠/), 𐽷𐽿𐽳𐽸𐽾𐽰 (kšwdrʾ /⁠kšudra⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽱𐽿𐽰𐽲 (ʾwβšʾq /⁠uvšak⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽷𐽰 (yynckʾ /⁠yinčge⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽶 (ywkʾy /⁠yokay⁠/)

2. high

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽴 (ʾdyz /⁠ediz⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽳 (ʾwyrw /⁠örü⁠/), 𐽿𐽳 (šw /⁠šo⁠/), 𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽱𐽶 (tykβy /⁠tikvi⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ʾwlwq /⁠ulug⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽳𐽺 (ʾwystwn /⁠üstün⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽻𐽰𐽷 (ywyqsʾk /⁠yügsek⁠/)

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pʾdwklʾnmʾk /⁠bedüklenmek⁠/, “to grow”)
• 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pʾdwmʾk /⁠bedümek⁠/, “developed, strong, expansive (of a country)”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: bezək (pezïk), pøzyk (pözükʰ)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “bädük”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 37
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bädük”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 154