𐰇𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫg (“mind”).

Noun

𐰇𐰏 (ög)

1. mother

   Antonym: (with regards to gender) 𐰴𐰭 (qaŋ, “father”)

   • 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.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ög”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ög”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:g”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 99

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫg- (to praise). Cognate with Turkish övmek, Yakut үөр (üör).

Verb

𐰇𐰏 (ög-)

1. (transitive) to praise
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S15

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰃𐰤:𐰼𐱅𐰭𐰇:𐱅𐰃:𐰢𐰍:𐰃𐱅𐰓𐰃:𐰇𐰏𐰓𐰃

     türük:beglerin:bodunïn:ertiŋü:ti:maɣ:étdi:ögdi

     (My father, the khagan), profoundly glorified and praised the Turkic lords and people.

Derived terms

• 𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰼 (ögir-, “to rejoice”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ög-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:g-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 100
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ög-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill