𐰢𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *mak (“praise”).

Noun

𐰢𐰍 (mağ)

  1. glory
    • Around 734, Bilgä Qaǧan memorial complex:
      ‏𐰼𐱅𐰭𐰇 𐱅𐰃𐰢𐰍‎[1][2]
      ertäñü : eti mağ
      great glory

Usage notes
  • There exist several readings of this portion of the inscription, which is to date the only attestation of the word in Old Turkic. The reading given in the quote is the one provided in DTS, where it is marked by (?).

References
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 335
  2. Abuseitova, M. Kh; Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱅𐰃𐰢𐰍”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
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