𐰴𐰢𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kamug (all, together).

Cognate with Azerbaijani hamı (everyone, all), Tuvan хамык (xamık).

Compare also Mongolian хамаг (xamag) and Persian همه (hame), for more detailed explanation for their relation, see the Proto-Turkic entry.

Noun

𐰴𐰢𐰍 (qamaɣ)

1. all, everything
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 26:

     𐰴𐰢𐰍:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰺𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     qamaɣ:üze:yaruq:boltï:tér

     The light shone over everything, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qamaγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 340
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “k(a)m(a)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kamağ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 627