𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beŋgü (“eternal”) possibly from Middle Chinese 萬古 (MC mjonH kuX, “aeons, eternal”). Cognate with Turkish bengi (“eternal”), Uzbek mangu (“eternal”), Bashkir мәңге (məñge, “eternal”), Yakut мэҥэ (meñe, “eternal”).

Adjective[edit]

𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇 (beŋgü)

  1. eternal, everlasting, forever
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S8
      𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰽𐰺:𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇:𐰃𐰠:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰲𐰃:𐰾𐰤
      ötüken:yïš:olursar:beŋgü:él:tuta:olurtačï:sen
      If you stay at the Ötüken mountains, you will live forever dominating the tribes!

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References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bäŋgü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 312
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “beŋgü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350
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