𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏

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Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, to know) +‎ 𐰏 (-ig) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *bil- (to know). Cognate with Azerbaijani bilik.

Noun

𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏 (bilig)

  1. knowledge, information, will
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S7
      𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰔:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰍:𐰞𐰯:𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰯:𐰇𐰚𐱁:𐰚𐰃𐱁𐰃:𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰏
      bilig:bilmez:kiši:ol:sabïɣ:alïp:yaɣuru:barï:üküš:kiši:öltüg
      Having heard these words, you unwise people went close to them and were killed in great numbers.
  2. mind
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N10
      𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰼:𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰔:𐱅𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰼:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰢:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰔:𐱅𐰏:𐰉𐰆𐰡𐰃
      körür:közüm:körmez:teg:bilir:biligim:bilmez:teg:boltï
      My eyes which have always seen became as if they were blind, my mind which has always been conscious became as if it were unconscious.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bilig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 393
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bilig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 339