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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰆𐰞𐰍

ulug

Meaning:
grand, great, big; elder
Synonyms:
𐰋𐰓𐰜 [bedük]

In modern languages (16 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen uly
Turkish (Azerbaijan) ulu
Turkish (Türkiye) ulu
Salar ulı
Gagauz ulu
Crimean ulu
Uyghur uluğ
Uzbek ulug'
Kazakh ulı
Nogai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz uluu
Altai ulu
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk ullu
Tatar olı
Bashkir olo
Tıva No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khakas uluğ
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) ulaxan
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

1

Bilgä Kagan inscriptions

4

Tonyuquq inscriptions

1

Kültegin inscriptions

3

Boyla Kutlug Yargan inscriptions

1

Biography of Xuánzàng

129

Altun Yaruk

62

Maitrisimit - A Buddhist Apocalypse

46

Translations

German:
groß, älter
Kazakh:
ulı
Kyrgyz:
uluu
Russian:
1. огромный, большой; 2. старший; 3. величественный, великий; 4. сильный;
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
ulu, böyük
Turkish (Türkiye):
ulu, büyük
Turkmen:
uly
Uzbek:
ulug'

Bibliography 4

  • Международная Тюркская Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь
    646-647
  • Fikret Yıldırım, Erhan Aydın, Risbek Alimov (2013) Yenisey-Kırgızistan Yazıtları ve Irk Bitig
    510
  • Talat Tekin (1993) Book of Omens
    66
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    136