Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āk

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *caga-xan (“white”), Proto-Tungusic *šāka- (“white”).

Adjective

*āk

(Common Turkic) white

Derived terms

*āk kugu

Synonyms

*ürüŋ (“white”)

Descendants

Oghuz: ااقْ‎ (āq) اَقْ‎ (aq)
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: ağ
  - Ottoman Turkish: آق‎‎ (ak)
    - Gagauz: ak
    - Turkish: ak
- Salar: aq
- Turkmen: ak
Karluk:
- Chagatai:
  - Uzbek: oq
  - Uyghur: ئاق‎ (aq)
Kipchak:
- Western Kipchak:
  - Karachay-Balkar: акъ (aq)
  - Krymchak: ах
  - Kumyk: акъ (aq)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: аҡ (aq)
  - Tatar: ак (aq)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: aq
    - Kazakh: ақ (aq)
    - Nogai: ак (ak)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: ак (ak)
    - Southern Altai: ак (ak)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰴‎‎ (āq)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: ак (ak)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tofa: аӄ
    - Tuvan: ак (ak)
  - Yenisei Turkic:
    - Khakas: ах (ax)
    - Shor: ақ
    - Western Yugur: aq

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), volume 1, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 81, 134