Old Turkic

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Etymology

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From a crasis of 𐰣 (an-, that) +‎ 𐱅𐰏 (teg, like, similar to).

Adverb

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𐰦𐰍 (antaɣ)

  1. like that, so
    Synonym: 𐰨𐰀 (anča)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 10
      𐰦𐰍:𐰞𐰯:𐰢𐰤:𐰼𐰓𐰢𐰠𐰃𐰏:𐰢𐰤
      antaɣ:alp:men:erdemlig:men
      That brave (and) capable am I.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “antaγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 302
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)nt(a)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “antağ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 177