𐰃𐰠𐰠𐰏
ellig
Meaning:
having a realm, a country; sovereign, king
The adjective developed into a royal title meaning “king” in religious literature.
Word family
Formed from 𐰅𐰠 [el] “realm” using -lıg².
The suffix -lıg² forms derivatives meaning “having” or “possessing” what the base noun denotes, often corresponding to English -ful or expressions with “having”.
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𐰅𐰠
el
- 𐰃𐰠𐰠𐰏 ellig -lıg²
- 𐰃𐰠𐰠𐰀- ellä- -la² (denominal verbalizer)
- 𐰠𐰾𐰼𐰀- elsirä- -sıra² (privative verb constructor)
In modern languages (0 / 22)
Select a region to see the cognate.
| Language | Cognate |
|---|---|
| Turkmen | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Turkish (Azerbaijan) | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Turkish (Türkiye) | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Salar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Gagauz | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Crimean | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Uyghur | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Uzbek | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kazakh | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Nogai | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Siberian Tatar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kyrgyz | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Altai | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Alan | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kumyk | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Tatar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Bashkir | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Tıva | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Khakas | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Khalaj | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Chuvash | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
Examples
Translations
German:
ein Reich, Staat besitzend; Herrscher, König
Russian:
имеющий государство; государь, царь
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
eli, dövləti olan; hökmdar
Turkish (Türkiye):
ülkesi, devleti olan; hükümdar
Bibliography 4
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Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkicpp. 53b–54a, s.v. el (complete containing entry)pp. 53b–54a, s.v. el (complete containing entry)
el 1. ‘country, realm’ (g.); ellig¹ 1. ‘from a country’; Ne ellig bolursiz ‘Where are you from?’ (XŠ) | ellig² 2. ‘independent prince, sovereign’ (QA) / elig (QT3, QT5) [CL, 141b:uyġ. ellig beglär ‘begs who have a realm of their own’; TMEN no.661 elig <el+lĕg ‘king’ (title)]; ellig är ‘independent prince’ (QA) | eliglik (< *elliglik) ‘sovereignty’ (QT3 ar. مُلْك). el 2. ‘district, province’ (IMa, KD). el 3. ‘city’ (QT1–2, QT4 بَلَد, KA, QA); el qïraġïnda ‘on the fringes of the city’ (QA). el 4. ‘people’ (QT1, QA, XŠ, MN, CCb); el yatqanda ‘when everyone is sleeping’ (QAc) [uzb. el yåtar payt ‘at night’]; el kün 1. ‘people’ (QA, ON, TZ); eli küni ‘his people’ (QA); nökärlärin elkünlärini čarlap čaġïrdï ‘He loudly called his retinue and common people’ (ON). el kün 2. ‘realm’ (QA, AH); el ulus ‘people’ (TZ) | älik= ‘to be shy, feel ashamed’ (MG) [osm. älik=; tt.dial. elik=]. el 5. ‘peace’ (AH, KT, TZ, BM) | elläš= ‘to make peace’ (QT2–5) / el[l]äš= ‘to make peace’ (QT5, KT) / älläš= (QT1) / äl[l]äš= (FZ); Kämšür elläšmäkni ‘They will offer surrender’ (QT3) | elläštür= ‘to make peace between others’ (QT5, BM) | ellik¹ ‘peace’ (CCa) | elči 1. ‘envoy’ (g.) / elčü (QT2, XŠ) | elčilik ‘legation’ (QA, NF, YL) / elčülük (QT2); elčilik ḥurmatï ‘the honour of being envoys’ (QA). elči 2. ‘angel’ (CCa) -
Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp. 256a, s.v. ellig (complete entry and subentries)p. 256a, s.v. ellig (complete entry and subentries)
ellig zum Land gehörig, Landes- || ülkeye ait olan, ülke …, devlet … ellig bodun das Volk (dieses) Landes || (bu) ülkenin halkı ellig süü Armee des Landes || devlet ordusu ellig yagı Landesfeind || devlet düşmanı -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishpp. 141b–142a, s.v. 2 éllig (complete entry)pp. 141b–142a, s.v. 2 éllig (complete entry)
D 2 éllig P.N./A. fr. 1 é:l; originally lit. ‘having a realm’, it soon came to mean ‘king’, perhaps at first to supply a word with this meaning for translations of Bud. and Man. scriptures. In Uyğ. Bud. it is often combined, or alternates, with xa:n. q.v. It then came to be spelt, and perhaps pronounced, elig with a single -l-, and perhaps, at some uncertain later date, ilig. In Persian it suffered further changes, e.g. to ilek, but this was prob. never really a Turkish word. Apart from the refces. below, the only survivals seem to be in NC Kır. eldü ‘populated’; eldik (1) ‘democrat’; (2) in phr. calpı eldik ‘embracing all the people’, and possibly ilik or ilik cilik ‘neighbour’. See Doerfer II 661. Türkü viii ellig (spelt with two l’s) bodun ertim ‘we were a people with a realm of our own’ IE 9, II E 8; o.o. I E 15, II E 13 (elsiret-); IE 18 (ditto); I E 29, II E 24 (ığar); eçi:m xağan eli: kamşağ boltukımta: bodun el(l)igi: ekigü: boltukımta: ‘because my uncle the xağan’s realm became insecure and the people and their ruler came to be at variance’ I N 3: viii ff. Man. teŋri el(l)ig TT II 6, 27, etc.; el(l)ig xan do. 10, 88; M III 14, 3 (iii) (igid-): Yen. el(l)iğ er Mai. 26, 10 (dubious, text chaotic): Uyğ. viii ff. Man.-A (our gracious father) edgü kılınçlığ el(l)igemez ‘our beneficent king’ MI 10, 3-4: Man. el(l)ig begler ‘begs who have a realm of their own’ Wind. 250, 31: Chr. el(l)ig xan Maşıxa teŋrike ‘to the divine king, the Messiah’ U I 6, 16-17; a.o. do. 7, 2: Bud. el(l)ig is used in three ways: (1) as an Adj. qualifying xan, etc., e.g. el(l)ig xan Suv. 314, 5; el(l)ig beg U III 41, 7 (ii); Sanskrit râştram ‘kingdom’ eleg (sic) uluşı TT VIII C. 1; (2) after Proper Names, usually representing Sanskrit râjâ ‘king’, e.g. Prasenaji elig (so spelt) TT VIII H.2; Mağayt( ?) el(l)ig PP 4, 2; o.o. UII 22, 5 and 8; (3) by itself as a Noun, e.g. kaŋı el(l)ig ‘his father the king’ PP 6, 5: Civ. Kadir Bilge teŋri el(l)ig kuti ‘his divine majesty Kadir Bilge’ USp. 88, 2; a.o. TT VII 9, 11 (sam): O. Kir. ix ff. Mai 15, 3 (2 uya:): Xak. xi KB Küntuğdı el(l)ig 353; many o.o. xii(?) KBVP ditto 68: xiii(?) KBPP ditto 31-2; Tef. Madina ellig kişiler ‘the people of the city of Medina’ 75: Çağ. xv ff. elig or ilig a title used on coins, no date specified R I 816; ilek (spelt) (1) a place-name; (2) the title of the pâdişâh of the town of Yağma (Pe. quotn.) San. 113r. 6: Xwar. xiv ellig 'belonging to (what?, etc.) country’ Qutb 49: Osm. xiv ellü ‘the people of a realm’ in one text TTS II 531. -
M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachenp. 39b, s.v. *ēl (complete containing entry)p. 39b, s.v. *ēl (complete containing entry)
*ēl ’Volk’: atü. el, uig. čag. tel. äl ’Volk’, osm. krm. äl (el) ’Geschlecht, Familie, Bewohner eines Ortes, Gemeinde’, ’Leute der Gemeinde im Gegensatz zur eigenen Familie, d.h. die Fremden’, kom. kmk. el, kzk. usw. el ’Geschlecht’, ’Volk’, trkm. īl, mtü. īl ’Herrschaft, Reich’, AH. IM. kaz. hak. il, ?čuv. jal ’Dorf’; uig. elig, ilig ’König, Herrscher’; ? kmk. el-či ’Führer’, uig. il-či ’Diplomat’
