Karakhanid edit

Etymology edit

Derived from بَجاماقْ (bačāmāq, "to fast") which is unattested in Karakhanid but is found within Old Uyghur as 𐽱𐽰𐽽𐽰 (bača-, to fast).[1] Usually considered native, however Caferoğlu suggests a derivation from Sogdian 𐼾𐼰𐽁 (pʾš, fast)[2] instead.[3] Unrelated to Old Uyghur [script needed] (bašïq, hymn) from Sogdian 𐼾𐼰𐽁𐼷𐼸 (pʾšyk, hymn).

Noun edit

بَجاقْ (bačāq)

  1. a Christian fasting

References edit

  1. ^ Wilkens, Jens (2021) Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 134
  2. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “pʾš”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 260
  3. ^ Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 30
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 293

Further reading edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Noun edit

بجاق (bacak)

  1. alternative spelling of باجاق (bacak, thigh)

Noun edit

بجاق (bucak)

  1. alternative spelling of بوجاق (bucak, corner)