Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āk

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *caga-xan (“white”), Proto-Tungusic *šāka- (“white”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

*āk

1. (Common Turkic) white

Derived terms

• *āk kugu

Synonyms

• *ürüŋ (“white”)

Descendants

• Oghuz: ااقْ (āq)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: ağ
    • Ottoman Turkish: آق (ak)
      • Gagauz: ak, aarmaa
      • Turkish: ak, ağarmak
  • Salar: aq
  • Turkmen: āk (āg-)
• Karluk:
  • Chagatai:
    • Uzbek: oq
    • Uyghur: ئاق (aq)
• Kipchak:
  • Western Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: акъ (aq)
    • Krymchak: ах
    • Kumyk: акъ (aq)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: аҡ (aq)
    • Tatar: ак (aq)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: aq
      • Kazakh: ақ (aq)
      • Nogai: ак (ak)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ак (ak)
      • Southern Altai: ак (ak)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰴 (āq)
    • Old Uyghur:
      • Western Yugur: aq
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: ак (ak)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: аӄ
      • Tuvan: ак (ak)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: ах (ax)
      • Shor: ақ

References

• 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 1, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 81, 134

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *boduglar, *bodugsāyïn (layout · text)

*āk, *ürüŋ	*boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń	*kara
*kïŕïl; *āl	*koŋur, *yạgïŕ	*siarïg, *yẹgren
	*yāĺïl
	*kȫk
	*(y)ip-