اولوغ

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Khorezmian Turkic اولوغ (ʾwlwğ /⁠uluğ⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *ulug, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ul-. Cognate with Azerbaijani, Gagauz, and Turkish ulu, Turkmen uly.

Noun

اولوغ (uluğ) (plural اولوغ‌لار (uluğlar))

  1. leader, head, chieftain, boss

Adjective

اولوغ (uluğ) (comparative اولوغ‌راق (uluğraq), superlative اینک اولوغ (eŋ uluğ))

  1. grand, great, lofty, sublime
    Synonyms: بزرگ (büzürg), جل (jäl)
  2. a lot, of a large amount
    Synonyms: کوپ (köp), اسرو (asru)
  3. big, important, significant
    Synonyms: مبالغه‌لیغ (mübalağaliğ), مهم (mühimm)
  4. elder, older, big

Proper noun

اولوغ (uluğ)

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

  • اولغایماق (ulğaymaq, “to become greater”)
  • اولوغ تاغ (uluğ tağ, “the Altai Mountains”)
  • اولوغ توپا (uluğ töpä, “a Turkmen tribe”)
  • اولوغاماق (uluğamaq, “to become big”)
  • اولوغلاماق (uluğlamaq, “to glorify”)
  • اولوغ‌لوق (uluğluq, “greatness”)
  • اولالماق (ulalmaq, “to become big”)
  • اولوماق (ulumaq, “to become big”)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ئۇلۇغ (ulugh)
  • Uzbek: ulugʻ

Further reading

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  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun, Gheyurani, Ghenizat, Qadir, Isma'il, Ehet, Ablimit (2002) “ئۇلۇغ”, in چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 739
  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “اولوغ”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[2] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 40
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013) “uluġ⁠”, in Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 1180
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “اولوغ”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 80
  • Vámbery, Ármin (1867) “اولوغ”, in Ćagataische sprachstudien‎[4] (in German), Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, page 226
  • Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880) “اولوغ”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)‎[5], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 28
  • Demir, Necati, Aydoğdu, Özkan (2015) Oğuzname [Kazan Nüshası]: inceleme - metin - dizin - tıpkıbasım [Oğuzname [Kazan Manuscript]: analysis - text - index - facsimile], Istanbul: Kesit Yayınları, page 350
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