𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣- [qazgan-]

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.

Language	Cognate
Turkmen	gazan
Turkish (Azerbaijan)	qazan
Turkish (Türkiye)	kazan
Salar	-
Gagauz	-
Crimean	-
Uyghur	-
Uzbek	-
Kazakh	-
Nogai	-
Siberian Tatar	-
Kyrgyz	-
Altai	-
Alan	-
Kumyk	-
Tatar	-
Bashkir	-
Tıva	-
Khakas	-
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan)	-
Khalaj	-
Chuvash	-

Examples

Irıq Bitig

1

Bilgä Qagan

9

Tonyuquq

4

Kül Tegin

6

Translations

German:

verdienen, erlangen

Russian:

приобретать, добывать

Turkish (Azerbaijan):

qazanmaq

Turkish (Türkiye):

kazanmak

Turkmen:

gazanmak

Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 683

kazğan- basically ‘to earn (wages by labour), to gain (profits by trade)’, with some more general meanings; Refl. f. of *kazğa:-; morphologically this could be a Den. V. fr. *kazığ Dev. N. fr. kaz-, but the semantic connection is tenuous and it is more likely to be a very old V. in -ğa:-. Survives only(?) in SW Az., Tkm. ğazan-; Osm. kazan-. Türkü vm kazğan- is fairly common; (1) without an Object it seems to mean ‘to strive for success’; e.g. (when I came to the throne I did not sleep by night or rest by day, together with Kül Tegin and the two şads) ölü: yetü: kazğantım ança: kazğanıp ‘I nearly worked myself to death; and so striving ...’ I E 27, II E 22; (2) governing e:l, with or without törü:, it means ‘to strive to acquire’, e.g. I E 9 (1 e:l); II E 36 (yeged-); (3) otherwise it means ‘to acquire’, e.g. kapımız eçümiz kazğanmış bodun atı: küsi: yok bolmazun ‘may the fame and reputation of the people whom my father and ancestors acquired not perish’ I E 26, II E 22; a.o.o.: vm ff. Yen. eliğiz üçü:n kazğanu: ‘striving for success on behalf of your realm’ Mal. 26, 4; El-çor el(i)pe: kazğantım ‘I strove for the success of El-çor’s realm’ do. 32, 8: Uyğ. viii ff. Bud. kazğan-, which is common, normally means ‘to acquire, earn’, e.g. kap kazğansar ‘if a father acquires (wealth)’ PP 8, 3; ağı barım kazğansar ‘if one acquires treasures and property’ do. 12, 7; a.o. do. 14, 4; yığmış kazğanmış ‘collected and acquired’ U II 34, 13; atamız kazğanmış tavarığ ‘the property acquired by our father’ U III 81, 13; (Kuan-şi-im Bodhisattva) ertipü üküş edgü kılınç kazğanç kazğanur ‘acquires (i.e. performs) very many good deeds’ Kuan. 77; al çeviş bilge bilig kazğanç ertipü üküş kazğanmış üçün ‘because he has acquired very many (clever) devices (Hend.) and (much) wisdom’ do. 187-8: O. Kir. ix ff. (I went to the emperor of China and because of my manly virtues and toughness) kazğandım ‘I acquired’ (gold, silver, etc.) Mal. 11, 9; xanıpız yoklaya:r kadaşlarıpız kazğanu:r ‘your xan rises in importance, your kinsmen gain (wealth)’ do. 25, 6 (?so read, but the text is not reliable): Xak. xi er tawa:r kazğandı: ‘the man acquired (kasaba) wealth’ Kaş. II 249 (kazğanu:r, kazğanma:k; verse): KB (if a man takes my words for his companion) kümüş kazğanur ‘he acquires silver’ 189; (the sword holds the realm and) bodun kazğanur ‘acquires people’ 2714; o.o. 3666, 3923: xm(?) At. kamuğ kazğanığlı ajun mâlını ‘after acquiring all the wealth in the world’ (he could not enjoy it) 273; Tef. kazğan-/kadğan-/kazan- ‘to acquire’ (wealth) 192-3: xiv Muh. hasşala ‘to acquire’ kazan- Rif. 107 (MS. karan-); al-tahşil kazğanmak (this must have been the translation, the edition has korkutmak) Mel. 36, 1; kazanmak Rif. 121 (MS. karanmak): Çağ. xv ff. kazğan- (spelt) kasb wa tahsil kardan; also pronounced kazan- San. 273r. 3 (quotns.): Kom. xiv ‘to acquire’ kazan- CCI; kazğan- CCG; Gr.: Kıp. xm takassaba ‘to seek to acquire’ kazan- (MS. karan-) (and kazanç eyle-) Hou. 38, 16: xv haşşala kazan- Tuh. 13b. 12.
Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь p. 466

QAZɣAN- приобретать, добывать: täŋri jarlïqaduqüčün mẹn qazɣantïqüčün türk bodun qazɣanmïš ẹrinč по соизволению неба и благодари моему приобретательству тюркский народ [много] приобрел (БК33); qazɣan ulïč tüzünlük / qalsunč avïŋ jarïnqa приобретай, сынок, хороший характер, / и пусть тогда останется твоя слава на будущий день (МК II 250); sözüm iškä tutsa kümüš qazɣanur если применишь мои слова к делу, то приобретешь серебро (QBN 26₇); ẹdgü qïlïnč qazɣandïŋıẓlar вы приобрели хорошие нравственные качества (Suv 398₁₀).