𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kutlug (fortunate, blessed) equivalent to 𐰴𐰆𐱃 (qut, luck, fortune) +‎ 𐰞𐰆𐰍 (-luɣ). Cognate with Turkish kutlu (happy, blessed).

Adjective

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𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qutluɣ)

  1. fortunate, blessed, happy
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23
      𐰲𐰆𐰚:𐱅𐰃𐰭:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      čekik:etiŋ:qutluɣ:bolzun:tér
      'Lark! May your flesh be blessed!', he says.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kutlug”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kutluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 601