𐰇𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫg (mother). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽵 (ʾwyx /⁠ög⁠/), Turkish üvey (step-)

Noun

𐰇𐰏 (ög)

  1. mother
    Antonym: (with regards to gender) 𐰴𐰭 (qaŋ, father)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ög”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:g”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 99

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫg- (to praise). Cognate with Turkish övmek, Yakut үөр (üör).

Verb

𐰇𐰏 (ög-)

  1. (transitive) to praise
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S15
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰃𐰤:𐰼𐱅𐰭𐰇:𐱅𐰃:𐰢𐰍:𐰃𐱅𐰓𐰃:𐰇𐰏𐰓𐰃
      türük:beglerin:bodunïn:ertiŋü:ti:maɣ:étdi:ögdi
      (My father, the khagan), profoundly glorified and praised the Turkic lords and people.
Derived terms
  • 𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰼 (ögir-, to rejoice)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ög-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:g-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ög-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill