Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bēgen-

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

  • From *bēg (lord) + *-en-.

    Verb

    *bēgen-

    1. (transitive) to like, be satisfied with
    2. (transitive) to strive for, hope

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Turkmen: begenmek
      • Chuvash: пикен (pik̬en, to hope; to strive, try)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (bigen-)
    • Kipchak: [script needed] (begen-), [script needed] (bigen-), [script needed] (beyen-), [script needed] (biyen-)
      • Cuman: bien- (biyen-)

    References

    • Sevortjan, E. V. (1978), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 101
    • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “beğenmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
    • Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 68
    • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bẹ̄ken-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill