Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ańïg (evil, sin), equivalent to 𐰪 (ań-, to fear) +‎ 𐰃𐰍 (-ïɣ). Cognate with Old Uyghur ʾʾyyγ (ayïɣ, bad, extremely), Karakhanid اَيِغْ (ayïɣ, very, extremely), Yakut аньыы (anyıı, sin, evil).

Adjective edit

𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïɣ)

  1. bad, evil
    Synonyms: 𐰖𐰉𐰕 (yabïz), 𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 (yablaq)
    Antonym: 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü)
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
      𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰦𐰸𐰑𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀:𐰪𐰍:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾
      yaɣuru:qontuqda:kisre:ańïɣ:bilig:anta:öyür:ermiš
      After such people have settled close to them, they are said to plan their ill will there.

Adverb edit

𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïɣ)

  1. very, extremely
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 22
      𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰢𐰆𐰭𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰆𐰞:𐰪𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰆𐰞
      anča:biliŋler:muŋluɣ:ol:ańïɣ:yablaq:ol
      Know thus: it is distressing (and) very bad.

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ańïγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)ny(ı)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “añığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 182
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)ańɨg”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill