𐰀𐰴

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Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āk (white). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽵𐾄 (ak), Turkish ak (white), Turkmen āk (white), Uzbek oq, Bashkir аҡ (aq), Yakut ак (ak).

Adjective

𐰀𐰴 (āq)

  1. (of a horse) white
    Synonym: 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
      𐰀𐰴:𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰴𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰴:𐰖𐰺𐰀𐰍𐰖
      āq:bési:qulunlamïš:altun:toyuɣluɣ:adɣïrlïq:yaragay
      ...his white mare had just foaled, (he thought) it would fit to be a golden-hoofed stallion.

Alternative forms

See also

Colors in Old Turkic · 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (boduɣ) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)
                          𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)             
                                      

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “āq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ak”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 47
  • 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