آلپ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *alp (difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /alp/), Khakas алып (alıp, hero), Kazakh алып (alyp, giant), Tatar алып (alıp, giant), Yakut алып (alıp, craftiness, deception, magic).

Adjective

آلپ (alp)

  1. brave, hero
Descendants
  • Turkish: alp

References

  1. 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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Alpes.

Proper noun

آلپ (Alp)

  1. the Alps
    Synonym: آلپلر (Alpler)
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Alpes.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

آلپ (âlp)

  1. the Alps
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