𐰀𐰴
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Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Compare Turkish ak (“white”), Turkmen āk (“white”), Uzbek oq, Bashkir аҡ (aq), Yakut ак (ak).
Adjective
[edit]𐰀𐰴 (āq)
- (of a horse) white
- Synonym: 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
- 𐰀𐰴:𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰴𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰴:𐰖𐰺𐰀𐰍𐰖
- āq:bési:qulunlamïš:altun:toyuɣluɣ:adɣïrlïq:yaragay
- ...his white mare had just foaled, (he thought) it would fit to be a golden-hoofed stallion.
Alternative forms
[edit]- 𐰴 (aq) (Orkhon Turkic)
See also
[edit]| 𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ) | 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz) | 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara) |
| 𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al) | 𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz) | 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ) |
| 𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl) | ||
| 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök) | ||
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “āq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “ak”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 47
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 75
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Āk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill