بدك

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

• باذُكْ (beδük)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”), from *bedü- (“to grow big”). Cognate with Turkish büyük (“big”).

Adjective

بَدُكْ (bedük)

1. big
2. great

Synonyms

• اُلُغْ (uluɣ, “great, grand”)

Related terms

• بَدُوماكْ (bedǖmēk)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 385