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𐰃𐰏𐰓

igid

Meaning:
lie, falsehood; false, deceitful

Kashgari records the Oghuz variant igit and illustrates its adjectival use with “a false statement”, combining it with söz “word”.

Examples

Translations

German:
Lüge, Falschheit; falsch, trügerisch
Russian:
ложь, неправда; ложный, лживый
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
yalan; yalançı, saxta
Turkish (Türkiye):
yalan; yanlış, sahte

Bibliography 2

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 296a–b, s.v. igid
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 102a, s.v. igid