Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *alp (difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), Khakas алып (alıp, hero), Kazakh алып (alyp, giant), Tatar алып (alıp, giant), Yakut алып (alıp, craftiness, deception, magic).

Adjective edit

آلپ (alp)

  1. brave, hero
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: alp

References edit

  1. ^ 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

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French Alpes.

Proper noun edit

آلپ (Alp)

  1. the Alps
    Synonym: آلپلر (Alpler)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French Alpes.

Pronunciation edit

Readings
Iranian reading? âlp

Proper noun edit

آلپ (âlp)

  1. the Alps