𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan, “khagan, king, emperor”) +‎ 𐰞𐰍 (-lïɣ). Cognate with Turkish kağanlı (“having a khagan”)

Adjective

𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰍 (qaɣanlïɣ)

1. having a ruler, independent
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E9

     𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰼𐱅𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰢:𐰴𐰣𐰃:𐰤𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾

     qaɣanlïɣ:bodun:ertim:qaɣanïm:qanï:ne:qaɣanqa:išig:küčüg:bérürmen:tér:ermiš

     'We used to be people who had their own khagan. Where is our khagan now? To which khagan are we giving our services?' they said.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qaγanlïγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 340
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “xağanlığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 611