𐱅𐰏-
täg-
Meaning:
to come into contact, to touch, to reach; to be worth
Properly ‘to reach (a place Dat.)’ but with various extended meanings from an early date, including ‘to attack (someone), to touch (something), to concern (someone), to be worth (i.e. to reach a price of, so much)’.
Word family
In modern languages (14 / 22)
Select a region to see the cognate.
| Language | Cognate |
|---|---|
| Turkmen | deg- |
| Turkish (Azerbaijan) | dəy- |
| Turkish (Türkiye) | değ- |
| Salar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Gagauz | dii- |
| Crimean | tiy- |
| Uyghur | teg- |
| Uzbek | teg- |
| Kazakh | tiy- |
| Nogai | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Siberian Tatar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kyrgyz | tiy- |
| Altai | tiy- |
| Alan | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kumyk | tiy- |
| Tatar | tiy- |
| Bashkir | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Tıva | de- |
| 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 | tiv- |
Examples
Translations
German:
in Kontakt kommen, berühren, erreichen; wert sein
Russian:
вступать в контакт, касаться, дотягиваться; стоить
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
dəymək
Turkish (Türkiye):
değmek
Bibliography 2
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish476476
teg- (d-) properly ‘to reach (a place Dat.)’ but with various extended meanings from an early date, including ‘to attack (someone), to touch (something), to concern (someone), to be worth (i.e. to reach a price of, so much)’. S.i.a.m.l.g., in NC, NW generally tiy-; in NW Krım; SW Az., Osm. deg-; Tkm. deg-. Türkü viii teg- occurs over 30 times meaning either (1) ‘to attack’ e.g. Kül Tegin yadağın oplayu: tegdi: ‘Kül Tegin attacked on foot gasping’ I E 32, or (2) ‘to reach’ e.g. (I campaigned in the Shantung plain and) talu:yka: kiçig tegmedim ‘only just failed to reach the sea’ I S 2; similar phr. I S 3, II N 3: viii ff. üze: teŋri:ke: tegi:r ‘it reaches the sky above’ IrkB 20; o.o. do. 39 (yidit-); Toyok 24-5 (1 u:ç): Man. (if our prayers and praises) teŋrike tegmedi erser Chuas. 216-17; o.o. do. 200 (bu:g); M I 7, 19 (toş): Yen. yağ[ı:ka:] tegmiş ‘when he attacked the enemy’ Mal. 26, 8; a.o. 28, 8: Uyğ. ix (my fame and reputation) tegdi: ‘reached’ (the sunrise and sunset) Suci 5: viii ff. Man. tulumluğ (?so read, MS. tonumluğ with tail of -l- omitted) tegir ‘the armed man attacks’ M II 11, 12: Bud. teg- ‘to reach, attain’ is common, e.g. ertinilig otruğka tegdiler ‘they reached the island of jewels’ PP 33, 7-8: Civ. ditto e.g. edgüke tegir ‘he attains goodness’ TT VII 28, 47; (let my wife, after I am dead) erke begke tegmedin ‘not marry again’ (but keep my house and look after my son Aitmiş Kaya. If my sons Kosag and Esen Kaya say) ögey anamız bizke teğir alırbiz ‘our step-mother belongs to us, we will take her’ USp. 78, 5-9 (text revised by Arat); a.o. do. 116, 17 (ağır): Xak. xi ol evke: tegdi: ‘he reached (balağa) the house’ (etc.) Kaş. II 19 (tegi:r, tegme:k; prov., verse, aza:k); I 48 (1 ok) and about 20 o.o.: KB ajun ençke tegdi: ‘the world has attained peace’ 103; (a wise, understanding man) tilekke tegir ‘achieves his desires’ 155-9; (one is the Secretary, the other the Minister) bu iki kişike söz ayma:k tegir ‘it is the duty of these two people to express their views’ 2679; o.o. 263, 713, etc.: xiii(?) At. bu kün tegsü mendin dürūd ‘let my praise reach (the Prophet) today’ 29; a.o.o.; Tef. teg- ‘to reach’, etc. 292: xiv Muh. aṣāba ‘to attain’ deg- Mel. 22, 14 (Rif. 103 degür-); waṣala ‘to reach’ teg- 32, 3 (misvocalized tüke-); 116 (-g- marked); 132: Çağ. xv ff. teg- (so spelt) (1) ‘to hit’ (xwurdan) of one thing like an arrow, stone or blow hitting another; (2) ‘to reach’ (rasīdan); (3) ‘to be worth’ (arzīdan) San. 195v. 7 (quotns.): Xwar. xiii teg- ‘to reach’ ‘Ali 38; deg- ‘to be worth, to cost’ do. 57: xiii(?) teg- ‘to reach’ Oğ. 319: xiv ditto Qutb 177; MN 91: Kom. xiv teg-/tey- ‘to reach, touch’ CCI, CCG; ‘to be worth’ CCI; Gr. 238 (quotns.): Kıp. xiv deg- waṣala İd. 49; Bul. 88r.: xv massa ‘to touch’ tey- Kav. 10, 1; ṣāba ‘to hit (a target, etc.)’ (uruş- and) tey- Tuh. 22b. 13: Osm. xiv deg- ‘to reach’, etc.; c.i.a.p. TTS I 187; II 268-9; III 174; IV 198. -
Talat Tekin (1965) A grammar of Orkhon Turkicto come into contact, touch, reach; attack
