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𐰉𐰆𐱁𐰍𐰆𐰺-

boşgur-

Meaning:
to teach, instruct

The proposed historical connection with boşuğ “permission, pardon” is semantically uncertain and has been questioned. The independent base *boşğu- is reconstructed, not directly attested.

Examples

Translations

German:
lehren, unterweisen
Russian:
учить, наставлять
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
öyrətmək
Turkish (Türkiye):
öğretmek

Bibliography 4

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 189, ¹bošgur-
  • Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages
    p. 369, *bójĺo
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 380a
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen
    p. 82a, uig. bošγu-n