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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/alp

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *alba (“compulsion, forcing; service, duty”).

Noun

*alp

  1. difficult, hard
  2. warrior
  3. hero
  4. brave
  5. giant
  6. landlord

Derived terms
  • *alp-a-gut
  • *alp-ïk-
  • *alp-ïra-

Descendants
  • Hunnic:
    • →? Ancient Greek: ᾽Αλπιςουρ (᾽Alpisour, “a clan of Huns”)[1]
  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar: آلِبْ‎ (alyp)
      • Chuvash: улӑп (ulăp), улпут (ulp̬ut)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: alp
      • Ottoman Turkish:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid:
      • Chagatai:
        • Uzbek: alp
        • Uyghur:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Karaim:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: алп (alp)
        • Southern Altai: алып (alïp)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰞𐰯‎ (l¹p /alp/), 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆‎ (l¹pǧu /alpağu/)
      • Old Uyghur:
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: (“to pant, stifle”)
      • Yenisei:

References
  1. Gedikli, Yusuf (2021), “Hun Boy Adları”, in Avrupa Hunları ve Avrupa Hun Türkçesi, Ötüken Yayınları, page: 190-193
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