𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏

Old Turkic edit

From 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, “to know”) +‎ 𐰏 (-ig) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *bil- (“to know”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bilik.

𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏 (bilig)

knowledge, information, will
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S7
  𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰔:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰍:𐰞𐰯:𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰯:𐰇𐰚𐱁:𐰚𐰃𐱁𐰃:𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰏
  bilig:bilmez:kiši:ol:sabïɣ:alïp:yaɣuru:barï:üküš:kiši:öltüg
  Having heard these words, you unwise people went close to them and were killed in great numbers.
mind
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N10
  𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰼:𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰔:𐱅𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰼:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰢:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰔:𐱅𐰏:𐰉𐰆𐰡𐰃
  körür:közüm:körmez:teg:bilir:biligim:bilmez:teg:boltï
  My eyes which have always seen became as if they were blind, my mind which has always been conscious became as if it were unconscious.

Tekin, Talât (1968) “bilig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 393
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bilig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 339