𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sǖčig (“sweet”). Cognate with Volga Bulgar سجو (sü(ü)çüw), Ottoman Turkish سوجی (süci, “wine”), Uzbek chuchuk, Bashkir сөсө (sösö), Yakut үчүгэй (üčügey).

Adjective

𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏 (s²üčig /süčig/)

  1. sweet
    • 732, Kültegin Inscription, line 5
      𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾
      s²üčig:s¹b¹n¹:y²imšq:ǧin²:r¹p:ir¹q:b¹d¹n¹ǧ:nča:y¹ǧut¹ir²:r²ms²
      /süčig:sabïn:yïmšaq:aɣïn:arïp:ïraq:bodunuɣ:anča:yaɣutïr:ermiš/
      Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968), “süčig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 403
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “sü:çig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 796
  • Erdal, Marcel (1991). Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page: 72, 204, 534-535, ISBN:978-3-447-03084-7.
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sǖči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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