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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰖𐰍𐰞𐰍

ya:glıg

Meaning:
(adj) fat

Word family

Formed from 𐰖𐰍 [ya:g] “fat, butter” 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 (15 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen ýagly
Turkish (Azerbaijan) yağlı
Turkish (Türkiye) yağlı
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz yaalı
Crimean yağlı
Uyghur yağlıq
Uzbek yoğli
Kazakh The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz jovlu This cognate is attested, but has fallen out of use in this language.
Altai juulu
Alan caulu
Kumyk yavlu
Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tıva çaglıg
Khakas çağlığ
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) sıalaax
Khalaj yāğlığ
Chuvash śullă

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

1

Translations

German:
fett, ölig
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
yağlı
Turkish (Türkiye):
yağlı
Turkmen:
ýagly

Bibliography 3

  • Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkic
    387
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    854
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    901