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A Word from Old Uyghur to the Present: Alig

Yuksekkaya, Gulden Sagol (2022) A Word from Old Uyghur to the Present: Alig. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 75 (3). pp. 391-404. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

In this study, we examine the etymology of the the word alig, which has appeared in various Turkic lan-guages starting with Old Uyghur. Researchers have so far put forth different theories regarding the origins of this word, which survives today in different parts of the Turkic-speaking world with various phonetic and semantic changes. Some have associated it with al-'to take' ('almak') (< al-i-g), which is semantically problematic, or with hypothetical roots which they reconstruct variously as *al (< al+ig), *al-or *ali-. Con-sidering earlier proposals, we narrow down the set of possible etymologies for alig in accordance with their relative merits.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: history; Old Uyghur; Old Turkic; alig;
Subjects: D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában
P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2022 13:23
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2022 13:25
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/153689

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