𐰓𐰏𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *edgü (“good, excellent”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 (ʾdkw /⁠edgü⁠/), Chuvash ырӑ (yră, “good”), Turkish iyi (“good”), Uzbek ezgu, Bashkir изге (izge, “holy, sacred”), Yakut үтүө (ütüö, “good”).

Adjective

𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü)

  1. good

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ädgü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “edgü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ed”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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