𐰞𐰯

From Proto-Turkic *alp (“difficult, hard, brave; warrior”). Cognate to Khakas алып (alıp, “hero”), Kazakh алып (alyp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Turkish alp (“hero”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”).

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

1. brave warrior
2. bravery

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

1. difficult, hard, tough
2. brave
3. stout

• 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆‎ (alpaɣu)

• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “alp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 127