𐰞𐰯

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *alp (“difficult, hard, brave; warrior”). Cognate with Chuvash улӑп (ulăp), Turkish alp (“hero”), Uzbek alp, Kazakh алып (alyp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”).

Noun

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

1. warrior
2. bravery

Adjective

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

1. difficult, hard, tough
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 40

     𐰦𐰍:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰾

     antaɣ:alp:ermiš

     That tough was he.

2. brave
3. stout

Related terms

• 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆 (alpaɣu)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “alp”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 301
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)lp”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 127
• 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