بیوك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük.[1][2]

Adjective

بِیُوكْ • (beyük) (comparative بِیُورَكْ (beyüräk) or دَخِی بِیُوكْ (daḫı beyük), superlative اَكْ بِیُوكْ (äŋ beyük))

  1. big, large in size
    Antonym: كِچُوكْ (kiçük)
  2. grand, great
    Synonym: اُولُو (ulu)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: böyük
  • Gagauz: büük
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیوك (biyük, büyük), بویوك (büyük)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “büyük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bedük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 302

Further reading

  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “büyük”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 88

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • (Late Ottoman) بویوك (büyük)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بِیُوكْ (beyük), from Proto-Turkic *bedük (big).[1]

Adjective

بیوك • (biyük, büyük)

  1. big, large
  2. grand, great
  • بیومك (biyümek)
  • بیوتمك (biyütmek)
  • بیوجك (biyücek)
  • بیوكلك (biyüklük)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bedük”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill