𐰖𐰆𐰍

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *yōg (“funeral”), perhaps ultimately from Scythian, however a derivation from *yō- (“to erase”) has also been suggested. Compare Ossetian дугъ (duǧ), Ancient Greek δόγια (dógia, “funeral service”).

𐰖𐰆𐰍 (y¹uǧ /yoġ/)

1. funeral
   • c. 735 CE, Yollïġ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Bilge Ḳaġan Inscription S.11 (Line 11, facing south):^[1]

     𐰖𐰆𐰍:𐰘𐰯𐰺𐰃𐰍:𐰚𐰠𐰇𐰼𐰯:𐱅𐰃𐰚𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐱅𐰃

     y¹uǧ:y²pr¹iǧ:kl²ür²p:t²ika:b²ir²t²i

     /Yoġ yïparïġ kälürüp tikä berti. […] /

     They brought scent[ed candle]s for the funeral and set them up for us. […]

• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰲𐰃 (y¹uǧči /⁠yoġčï⁠/, “mourner”)
• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰀 (y¹uǧl¹a /⁠yoġla-⁠/, “to mourn”)
• 𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐱃 (y¹uǧl¹t¹ /⁠yoġlat-⁠/, “to hold a funeral”)

• → Turkish: yuğ, yoğ, yığ (learned)

• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰖𐰆𐰍”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yoğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 895
• Moravcsik, Gyula (1983) “δόγια”, in Byzantinoturcica II: Sprachreste der Türkvölker in den byzantinischen Quellen (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, page 119
• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yoγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 405