𐾀𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽲𐽳

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (“hen, fowl”). Cognate with Chuvash чӑх (čăh), Karakhanid تَقاغُو (taqāɣū, “domestic fowl”) and Turkish tavuk (“hen”).

Noun

𐾀𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽲𐽳 or 𐾀𐽲𐽶𐽲𐾄𐽳 or 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽲𐾄𐽳 (takïgu or t(a)kïgu or takïku)

1. fowl, chicken
   • Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book VIII‎^[1], HTVIII: 0656-57 (24-25):

     𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐾀𐽰𐽲 𐽲𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐾁𐽶 𐾈 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲𐾄𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽰

     Sarïg yapïrgak üze altun tag kïlïglï, takïgu üza...

     To pile a mountain of gold from yellow leaves, to [pile a mountain of ...] from [amassing] chicken...

Descendants

• Western Yugur: [script needed] (tahɢa), [script needed] (tahɢaɣə)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “taḳıġu”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 221
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “takıgu”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 665