𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”), equivalent to 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽷 (bedü-, “to grow”) +‎ -𐽷 (-k). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük), Khalaj bidük, Turkish büyük, Uzbek buyuk, Bashkir бөйөк (böyök).

Adjective

𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (bedük)

1. big, large

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽲 (alkïg), 𐽹𐽲𐽰 (maha), 𐾀𐽰𐽶 (tai), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ulug)

   Antonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽴 (az), 𐽽𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽷 (čutïk), 𐽵𐽶𐽺𐽰 (hina), 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (karïn), 𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽽 (kenč), 𐽷𐽶𐽽𐽶𐽲 (kičig), 𐽷𐽿𐽳𐽸𐽾𐽰 (kšudra), 𐽰𐽳𐽱𐽿𐽰𐽲 (uvšak), 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽷𐽰 (yinčge), 𐽶𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽶 (yokay)

   • c. late 10th century, Xuanzang Biography, Book VIII‎^[1], HTVIII: 1934-35 (11-12):

     𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽶𐽼 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾** 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐾈

     […] ïrak ačïp teriŋ solaglar[ïn] bedük erkečlenmekin, […]

     […] [and] opening their [mythical] fetters wide, [and] [calming their] big corrugations […]

2. high

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽴 (ediz), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽳 (örü), 𐽿𐽳 (šo), 𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽱𐽶 (tikvi), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ulug), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽳𐽺 (üstün), 𐽶𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽻𐽰𐽷 (yügsek)

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷 (bedüklenmek, “to grow”)
• 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽷 (bedümek, “developed, strong, expansive (of a country)”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: pezik

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “bädük”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 37
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bädük”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 154