𐰯𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *apa (“father”). Cognate to Karakhanid اَبا (apā, “father, bear”), Old Uyghur ʾʾpʾ (apa, “ancestor”), Khakas аба (aba, “father”). Compare also Buryat аба (aba, “father”), Mongolian авга (avga, “paternal uncle”), ав (av, “father”).

Noun

𐰯𐰀 (apa)

1. ancestor, father, forefather

   Synonyms: 𐰴𐰭 (qaŋ), 𐱃𐰀 (ata)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E1

     𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰲𐰃𐰢:𐰯𐰀𐰢:𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰾𐱅𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰢𐱁

     kiši:oɣlïnta:üze:ečim:apam:bumïn:qaɣan:istemi:qaɣan:olurmïš

     Over the human beings, my ancestors Bumin Khagan and Istemi Khagan became rulers.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “apā”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 303
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “apa”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*apa (*appa)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill