𐰇𐰔-
üz-
Meaning:
to tear, sever, pull apart; to break or cut off
üz- is a transitive verb with the basic concrete sense “to tear, sever, pull apart; break or cut off”. In the Tunyukuk inscription it is used of something thin being easy to tear and something thick being difficult to tear. In the Old Turkic textual tradition, especially in Old Uyghur texts, the verb has a wider range including cutting or dividing, breaking, tearing apart, crushing, destroying or removing, extinguishing and abandoning; in administrative and legal usage it can also occur in connection with deciding or bringing matters to an end.
Word family
In modern languages (15 / 22)
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| Language | Cognate |
|---|---|
| Turkmen | üz- |
| Turkish (Azerbaijan) | üz- |
| Turkish (Türkiye) | üz-* |
| 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 | üz- |
| Uzbek | üz- |
| Kazakh | üz- |
| Nogai | üz- |
| Siberian Tatar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kyrgyz | üz- |
| Altai | üs- |
| Alan | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kumyk | üz- |
| Tatar | öz- |
| Bashkir | öź- |
| Tıva | üs- |
| Khakas | üs- |
| Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Khalaj | hiz- |
| Chuvash | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
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Translations
German:
zerreißen, abreißen, trennen; abbrechen
Russian:
рвать, разрывать, отрывать; обрывать, разъединять
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
üzmək, qoparmaq, ayırmaq; parçalamaq
Turkish (Türkiye):
koparmak, ayırmak, parçalamak; kesmek
Bibliography 3
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Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü832832---
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Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages1189-11901189-1190*üŕ-
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish279-280279-280
üz- ‘to tear (something Acc.), to pull (it) apart or to pieces’. S.i.a.m.l.g. with some extended meanings. Türkü viii yinçge: erikliğ üzgeli: uçuz ‘it is easy to tear a thing when it is thin’ T 13; a.o. T 14 (yoğun): viii ff. Man. üze bıça yırtıp ‘tearing, cutting, and pulling apart’ M I 7, 16: Uyğ. viii ff. Chr. U I 7, 16-18 (beşik): Bud. bu igniŋ tözin yıltızın üzgeli katığlanıŋlar ‘strive to tear up the roots (Hend.) of this disease’ U III 41, 7-8 (i); adınağunun isig özin üzüp ‘tearing to pieces the living bodies of others’ TT IV 10, 10-11; üzgen yağmur ‘destructive rain’ U I 26, 15 etc. (üstürti:): Civ. yalıŋ kılıç tutup ok üzkelir ‘taking a naked sword he smashes the arrow’ TT I 162-163; kalanın él öŋtün yada üzüp ‘disclosing his (liability for) land tax before the people and discharging it’ USp. 21, 8-9; meniŋ bérimlerimni sen üzüp ‘you will discharge my debts’ do. 32, 6-7: Xak. xi ol yıp üzdi: ‘he broke (qaṭa‘a) the cord’ (etc.) Kaş. I 165 (üze:r, üzme:k); ışlar üzüp keçürge:n kāna faṣṣāl xuṭṭa ‘he settled the affairs’(?) I 522, 6: KB bu sözni eşitgil sözüŋ munda üz ‘hear this word and cut short your words here’ 153; o.o. 655, 1008, 5383, 5458: xiii(?) Tef. üz- ‘to break’ (a rope) 335: Çağ. xv ff. üz kır ya‘ni bi-gusil ‘break’ Vel. 106; üz- (‘with ü-’) gusixta kardan ‘to break apart, tear off’ San. 71v. 25 (quotns.): Xwar. xiv üz- ‘to pluck (a flower or fruit), to destroy’ Qutb 204; MN 92; Nahc. 281, 6: Kom. xiv ‘to break, tear apart’ üz- CCG; Gr. 271 (quotn.): Kıp. xiv üz- (‘with front vowels’) inqaṭa‘a ‘to break’ (Intrans.; ?error); üz ifṣil ‘separate’ İd. 12: xv faṣṣala ‘to cut out’ (a garment) üz- Tuh. 28b. 4; qaṭa‘a üz- do. 30a. 10: Osm. xiv ff. üz- ‘to tear apart, break off’, etc.; c.i.a.p. TTS I 754; II 962; III 740; IV 813.
