Talk:Erlik

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The English used in this article could use some work. Unfortunately, I don't see how I could improve it without more intimate knowledge of the subject material. Kenosis Stern 08:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Erlik = Ördög
I think, Turkish "Erlik" & Hungarian "Ördög" were the same god. Böri (talk) 12:30, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * There's significant disagreement about whether the Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same god, and whether Jupiter and Zeus were essentially the same or merely mashed together in the Hellenizing of Rome. Without tighter connections between the two cultures than I believe existed, I think the best one can say is that there was some culture transference there. (Of course, if Erlik wants to stand up and claim that he also receives worship under the name of Ördög, that would cinch it there.) I was going to add a see also to Ördög, but as you can see from that article, it doesn't even claim that Ördög was a god. I would say the entire set of articles could use improvements from multiple scholarly sources.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)


 * for the l > d sound change: Almaty(in Kazakh) = Almalı/Elmalı(in Turkish)= "full of apples", so Erlik > Ördög is possible... Böri (talk) 14:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Origin of name

 * "Er" means male in Mongolian; "Erlig" means real/good man or male. (Hun = Human, Hunlig = real/good human). The word “Erlik” derives from “Erklig”. "Erk" means power in Turkish and "lig" is the derivational suffix similar to -ity of English. The word conclusivley means “strong”.

Err, yeah, whatever. k and g are generally velar plosives, and k is likely to form from g when ever languages don't have the latter (or vice-versa, but k is more universal than g.) Almost certainly both forms have the same origin. And both of these etymologies are uncited and stink of folk etymologies.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:31, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Erlik < Yer < Yir
 * yer (in Turkish) /yir (in Old Turkic) = "earth, ground" (NOT from er! which means: man) Böri (talk) 15:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Duplication, transcription
The sons are listed twice, apparently using 3 different transcriptions (Turkish, English with Kh, English with H). Please choose one style.--92.209.99.54 (talk) 08:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I am not sure what you are referring exactly, specify what to change to what or similar, listing the options. Thank You.(KIENGIR (talk) 04:39, 29 November 2020 (UTC))

Eu
Não acho certo comparar digno com demônio. 2804:248:F206:CE00:C9EF:F2AA:9B89:FC34 (talk) 04:09, 17 November 2021 (UTC)