یوغ
Karakhanid
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yōg. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰍 (y¹uǧ).
Noun
یُوغْ (yūğ /yōğ/)
- food given for three days after a funeral
Further reading
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 143
Old Anatolian Turkish
Predicative
یوغ • (yoġ)
- alternative form of یوق (yoq)
Descendants
- Turkish: yo
Further reading
- Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 768
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian یوغ (yuġ).
Noun
یوغ • (yug)
- yoke, a bar or frame by which two draught animals are joined at their necks
- Synonym: بویوندرق (boyunduruk)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yug”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5375
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “yûg”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1397
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Jugum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 885
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 5625
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2215
Persian
Alternative forms
- یغ (yoġ), جوغ (juġ), جغ (joġ)
Etymology
From earlier جغ (joġ), from Middle Persian ywg (juğ, “yoke”), from Proto-Iranian *yugám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yugám, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. From the same root are جفت (joft) and, via Greek and Arabic, زُوج (zowj), both meaning “pair, couple; partner; even number”. Cognate with English yoke.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈjuːɣ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [juːɣ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [juːɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [juʁ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yūġ |
| Dari reading? | yūġ |
| Iranian reading? | yuġ |
| Tajik reading? | yuġ |
Noun
| Dari | یوغ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | юғ |
یوغ • (yuġ) (plural یوغها)
Related terms
- جفت (joft)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *yugóm |
Borrowed from Classical Persian یوغ (yōġ, “yoke”).
Cognate with Pashto جغ (źëǧ, “yoke”), Torwali یو (yū, “yoke”), and Kalasha جو (ǰu, “yoke”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /joːɣ/
Noun
یوغ • (yoġ) m
Derived terms
- یوغہ (yoġa)
- یوغ بَذْرَہ (yoġ-bazra)
- یوغ شَکْل (yoġ-śakl)
Related terms
- جُفت (juft)
References
- “یوغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “یوغ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “یوغ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.