yuğ
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰍 (y¹uǧ /yoğ/), from Proto-Common Turkic *yōg, itself from Scythian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuː/
Noun
yuğ (definite accusative yuğu, plural yuğlar)
- (historical) funeral ceremony in the culture of pre-Islamic Turkic peoples
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | yuğ | yuğlar |
| definite accusative | yuğu | yuğları |
| dative | yuğa | yuğlara |
| locative | yuğda | yuğlarda |
| ablative | yuğdan | yuğlardan |
| genitive | yuğun | yuğların |
Further reading
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yuğ”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- “yoğ”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu