Clauson (1972)
An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
p. 182
anığ
Adj./Adv. meaning both (a) ‘extreme(ly), excessive(ly)’ and (b) ‘evil(ly)’ and the like, so practically sy. w. yavlak. It is not clear whether (b) evolved from (a) or vice versa. N.o.a.b. Türkü viii ol amtı: anığ yok Türkü xağan ‘that present good (lit. ‘without evil’) Türkü xağan’ I S 3, II N 2; anığ bilig (II biligin) anta: öyü:r ermiş ‘then they began to think evil thoughts’ I S 5, II N 4; anığ kişi: ‘evil men’ I S 7, II N 5; bilge: Toñukuk anı:ğ ol öz (sic, quite clearly, but ?error for uz) ol ‘the Counsellor Toñukuk is evil and (cunning?)’ T 34: viii ff. in IrkB at the end of each para. the omen is usually described as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, but in 5, 11, 18, 55, 64 it is anı:ğ edgü ‘extremely good’, and in 22, 36 anı:ğ yavlak ‘extremely bad’; anı:ğ kılınçlı:ğ şımnu: ‘the evil doing demon (Ahriman)’ Toyok I v. 2-4 (ETY II 178): Man. anığ (sic) kılınçlığ şımnu Chuas. 14, 18; o.o. of anığ ‘evil’ do. I 28; 236, 298; anığ yavlak biligin ‘with extremely evil intentions’ do. 50: Uyğ. viii ff. Man.-A ayığ bu[gap] bolup ‘becoming very . . .’ M I 35, 8 (possibly buluş ‘grieved’): Man. anığ ögrünçülüg ‘extremely happy’ M I 6, 17; anığ kılınç TT II 6, 23; ayığ ‘evil’, esp. in the phr. ayığ kılınç is common in TT III 10, 70, 136, etc.; ayı terkki’e tuyunup ‘very quickly acquiring perception’ do. 120 (ayı seems to be an unusually early example of the elision of -ğ; it occurs only as an Adv.): Chr. ayığ kılınçlığ U I 9, 11; ayı ked övkesi kelti ‘he became extremely angry’ do. 9, 16: Bud. ayığ ‘evil’, esp. in the phr. ayığ kılınç and ayığ ögli ‘evil-minded’ is very common PP 2, 1; 3, 7, etc.; TT IV 4, 5, etc.; TT VI 196, etc.; anığ (sic) körksüz ‘extremely ugly’ TT VI 443; munda ınaru ayı ırak ermez ‘it is not very far from here’ U IV 16, 156; o.o. of ayı do. 48, 98; Hüen-ts. 287 (kodı:): Civ. ayığ kılınç H II 22, 14: Xak. xi ayığ an Adverb (harf) which represents both na‘am ‘good’ and bi’sa ‘bad’; hence one says ayığ edgü: ni‘ma’l-şay’ and ayığ yavuz ne:ŋ bi’sa’l-şay’; this Adv. adds emphasis to good, etc. (yadxul ta’kīda(n) fi’l-xayr wa ğayrihi) Kaş. I 84; KB ayı 4599 (kovdaş).