اذكو

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *edgü (“good”). Possibly related to ااذ (ēδ, “manufactured thing”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü), Chuvash ырӑ (yră), Turkish iyi, Bashkir эйе (eye), иге (ige) and Yakut үтүө (ütüö).

Adjective

اَذْكُو (ʾaδkū /eδgü/)

  1. good, fortuitous
    قُشْنٖى قُنُمْ اَغِشْقا
    قِلْغِلْ اَنْكَرْ اَغِرْلِقْ
    اَرْتُتْ اَلِبْ اَنُنْغِلْ
    اَذْكُو تَڤَرْ اُغُرْلُقْ
    /qošnï qonum aġïšqa,
    qïlġïl aŋar aġïrlïq,
    artut alïp anunġïl,
    eδgü tavar oġurluq.    /
    Do [good] deeds and welcome well your acquaintances, neighbors and relatives; give them presents and prepare for them fortuitous goods.
    • 1069, 1439, Yusuf Ḥas̄ Hāǯib (يوسف خاصّ حاجب), Ḳutadġu Bilig XXVII. "Evlük kiši negütek alḳusïn ayor" (𐽰𐽼𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽲𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽶 𐽺𐾂𐽰𐽲𐽳𐽸𐽰𐽷 𐽰𐾁𐽲𐾄𐽳𐽻𐽶𐽺𐾂 𐽰𐽶𐽳𐽾) [On how to court a woman for marriage] (lines 1-2):
      𐽲𐾄𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽰𐽼𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽻𐽰 𐽳𐽻𐽳𐽺𐾂𐽷
      𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽳 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐾂 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰 𐽲𐽰𐽸 𐽶𐽶𐽸𐽶 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐾁 𐽲𐽳𐽻𐽳𐽺𐾂𐽷
      𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽶 𐽰𐽸𐽲𐽳 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽻𐽳𐽺𐾂 𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐽲𐾅𐽹 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲𐾄
      𐽳𐽼𐽳𐽸𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰 𐽲𐽶𐾁 𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾄
      Ḳalï evlük almaḳ tilese özüŋ,
      talusïn tile ket yété kil közüŋ.
      Töbi etkü bolsun uruḳï hem torïḳ,
      övütlük saḳï yoḳ tilekil arïḳ.
      If you yourself want to marry a woman,
      look for the distinguished people, open your eyes wide.
      She should be of good stock, her family pure,
      demand a modest, unassuming wife.

Descendants

  • Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (eδgü), [script needed] (eygü)
  • → Turki:
    • → Bashkir: изге (izge)
    • → Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (izgi)
    • → Kazakh: ізгі (ızgı)
    • → Tatar: изге (izge)
    • → Uyghur: ئەزگۇ (ezgu)
    • → Uzbek: ezgu

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “edgü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52

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