𐰀𐰴

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

𐰴‎ (aq)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Compare Turkish ak (“white”), Turkmen āk (“white”).

Adjective

𐰀𐰴 (āq)

white

Synonyms

𐰇𐰼𐰭‎ (ürüŋ)

References

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), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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