كڨژ

Karakhanid

Etymology

Uncertain. Clauson suggest a possible borrowing from Sogdian on the basis of final -j, however gives no examples.[1] Nişanyan talks about a phenomenon seen in Old Turkic & Old Uyghur where there is a dialectal change between /z/ ~ /ʒ/ and suggests that it's a dialectal form of *küwiz, further connecting it to Turkish küf,[2] note also Turkmen köwzemek (to dust) possibly from *küwiz-e-.

Noun

كُڨِژْ (küwij)

  1. rotten heartwood

Adjective

كُڨِژْ (küwij)

  1. rotten
    كُڨِژْ تُرْماKüvij turmā.Rotten radish.

Descendants

  • >? Chagatai: [script needed] (küf)

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küvij”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 688
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “küf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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