𐰋𐰓𐰜

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bedük (“big”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (pʾdwk /⁠bedük⁠/), Tuvan бедик (bedik), Turkish büyük.

Adjective

𐰋𐰓𐰜 (b²d²k̥ /bedük/)

  1. big, powerful, great
    Antonym: 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bädük”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 311
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beḏük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 302
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEdü-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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