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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰝𐰠𐰇𐰏

körklüg

Meaning:
having a (beautiful) appearance

Word family

Formed from 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰚 [körk] “appearance, looks, form; beauty” 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”.

In modern languages (4 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen görkli
Turkish (Azerbaijan) görklü
Turkish (Türkiye) görklü
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 körktüü
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

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

2

Biography of Xuánzàng

1

Altun Yaruk

1

Translations

German:
(schöne) äußere Erscheinung habend
Russian:
имеющий (красивый) облик; красивый
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
görklü, görkəmli
Turkish (Türkiye):
görklü, görkemli
Turkmen:
görkli

Bibliography 1

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 410a