𐰜𐰇𐰚

kök

Meaning:
1. sky; 2. blue, green
Details:
Perhaps from hypothetical Proto-Turkic *kȫ- ‘to rise up’, originally with reference to the sky; compare the broader semantics of Turkic reflexes of kök, which in a number of modern Turkic languages denote not only ‘blue’ but also the 'green' of grass or vegetation; compare also Azerbaijani göyərmək in the meaning of ‘to sprout, germinate’.
Alternative spellings:
𐰚𐰇𐰚
𐰝𐰝
𐰝𐰜
𐰚𐰝
𐰜𐰇𐰚
Expressions:
𐰜𐰇𐰚 : 𐰇𐰭 [kök öŋ]
Synonyms:
𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 [täŋri]
Antonyms:
𐰘𐰃𐰼 [yer]

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen kȫk
Turkish (Azerbaijan) göy
Turkish (Türkiye) gök
Salar gök
Gagauz gök
Crimean kök
Uyghur kök
Uzbek koʻk
Kazakh kök
Nogai kök
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz kök
Altai kök
Alan kök
Kumyk gök
Tatar kük
Bashkir kük
Tıva kök
Khakas kök
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) küöx, küök
Khalaj kȫk
Chuvash kăvak

Examples

Irıq Bitig
1
Bilgä Qagan
5
Tonyuquq
1
Kül Tegin
2

Translations

German:
1. Himmel; 2. blau, grün
Russian:
1. небо; 2. синий, зеленый
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
göy
Turkish (Türkiye):
gök
  • Тенишев (2002) Сравнительно-историческая грамматика тюркских языков p. 60, 604
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  • Doerfer (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen : unter besonderer Berücksichtigung älterer neupersischer Geschichtsquellen, vor allem der Mongolen- und Timuridenzeit p. 640-642
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  • M Räsänen (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen p. 287
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  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 708-709
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