Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaŋ (father). Cognate to Karakhanid قَنْكْسِقْ (qaŋsïq, step-father), Karakhanid قَنْكْدَشْ (qaŋdaš, half brother), Old Uyghur qʾnk (qaŋ, father).

Noun edit

𐰴𐰭 (qaŋ)

  1. father
    Synonyms: 𐰯𐰀 (apa), 𐱃𐰀 (ata)
    Antonym: (with regards to gender) 𐰇𐰏 (ög)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 35
      𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐰴𐰣𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣𐰃𐰣:𐰴𐰞𐰃𐰖𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰃𐰯𐰣:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰭𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰾
      quɣu:quš:qanatïŋa:urupanïn:kalïyu:barïpan:ögiŋe:qaŋïŋa:tegürmiš
      The swan placed (him) on its wings (and) flew up with him. (Thus) it brought him to his mother and father.

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