𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲𐽳

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (“hen, fowl”). Cognate with Chuvash чӑх (čăh), Karakhanid تَقاغُو (taqāɣū, “domestic fowl”) and Turkish tavuk (“hen”).

Noun

𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲𐽳 (tʾqyqw /takïgu/)

1. fowl, chicken
2. (astrology, time) year of the chicken; tenth year in the twelve-year solar-cycle, corresponding to the rooster (雞) of the Chinese zodiac

   𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲𐽳 𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽶 ― tʾqyqw yyly /takïgu yïlï/ ― The year of the rooster

Descendants

• Western Yugur: tahɢa, tahɢaɣə

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “taḳıġu”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 221
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “takıgu”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 665