𐰘𐰃𐰏
Old Turkic edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹg. Cognate with Chuvash ҫи (śi), Azerbaijani yey, Turkish yeğ.
Adjective edit
𐰘𐰃𐰏 (yég)
- good, better
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S4
- 𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰑𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰏:𐰃𐰓𐰃:𐰖𐰸:𐰼𐰢𐱁
- ötüken:yїšda:yég:idi:yoq:ermiš
- There were no better lords in the Ötüken Mountains.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S4
Derived terms edit
- 𐰘𐰏𐰓𐰃 (yégdi, “much better”)
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yeg”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 401
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yég”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 909
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill