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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏

mäŋilig

Meaning:
joyful, happy
Antonyms:
𐰉𐰆𐰽𐰆𐰽𐰞𐰆𐰍 [busuşlıg]

Word family

Formed from 𐰢𐰭𐰃 [mäŋi, bäŋi] “joy, happiness, pleasure” 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 (0 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Türkiye) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Crimean The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uyghur The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uzbek No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kazakh No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
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 The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tıva No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khakas The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

2

Maitrisimit - A Buddhist Apocalypse

6

Translations

German:
fröhlich, mit Freude, glücklich
Russian:
радостный, весёлый, испытывающий радость
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
sevincli, xoşbəxt
Turkish (Türkiye):
sevinçli, mutlu

Bibliography 5

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 473a, 1mäŋilig
  • Международная Тюркская Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь
    364
  • Fikret Yıldırım, Erhan Aydın, Risbek Alimov (2013) Yenisey-Kırgızistan Yazıtları ve Irk Bitig
    505
  • Talat Tekin (1993) Book of Omens
    59
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 770a, meŋi:lig