ااق
Karakhanid edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰴 (āq), Turkish ak.
Adjective edit
ااقْ (āq)
- (Oghuz) white (color/colour)
- ااقْ سَقالْ اَرْ ― Āq saqāl er. ― A white-bearded man.
- piebald (for a horse)
References edit
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 75
Further reading edit
- 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), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 81