𐰞𐰯
Old Turkic
Etymology
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”).
Noun
𐰞𐰯 (alp)
- brave warrior
- bravery
Adjective
𐰞𐰯 (alp)
- difficult, hard, tough
- brave
- stout
Related terms
- 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆 (alpaɣu)
References
- 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