𐰀𐰴

𐰀𐰴

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

• 𐰴‎ (aq)

Etymology

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

Adjective

𐰀𐰴 (āq)

1. 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