𐰪𐰃𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ańïg (“evil, sin”), equivalent to 𐰪 (ań-, “to fear”) +‎ 𐰃𐰍 (-ïɣ). Cognate with Old Uyghur ʾʾyyγ (ayïɣ, “bad, extremely”), Karakhanid اَيِغْ (ayïɣ, “very, extremely”), Yakut аньыы (anyıı, “sin, evil”).

Adjective

𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïɣ)

1. bad, evil

   Synonyms: 𐰖𐰉𐰕 (yabïz), 𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 (yablaq)

   Antonym: 𐰓𐰏𐰇 (edgü)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5

     𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰦𐰸𐰑𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀:𐰪𐰍:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾

     yaɣuru:qontuqda:kisre:ańïɣ:bilig:anta:öyür:ermiš

     After such people have settled close to them, they are said to plan their ill will there.

Adverb

𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïɣ)

1. very, extremely
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 22

     𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰢𐰆𐰭𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰆𐰞:𐰪𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰆𐰞

     anča:biliŋler:muŋluɣ:ol:ańïɣ:yablaq:ol

     Know thus: it is distressing (and) very bad.

Alternative forms

• 𐰪𐰍 (ańïɣ) (Orkhon Turkic)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ańïγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)ny(ı)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “añığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 182
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)ańɨg”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill