ақша

See also: акша

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	اقشا
Cyrillic	ақша
Latin	aqşa
Yañalif	aqca

Etymology

From Old Turkic *aqča (“money, coin”). Cognate with Tatar акча (aqça), Bashkir аҡса (aqsa), Kyrgyz акча (akca), Southern Altai акча (akča), Kumyk акъча (aqça), Karachay-Balkar ахча (axça), Crimean Tatar aqça, Khakas ахча (axça), Shor ақча, Tuvan акша (akşa, “money”), Chuvash укҫа (ukśa, “coin”), etc.

Noun

ақша • (aqşa)

1. money, cash
2. coin
3. currency

Synonyms

• пұл (pūl)