Алтын Казык

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From алтын (altın) + казык (kazık), from Proto-Turkic *altun + Proto-Turkic *K(a)ŕguk. Cognate to Southern Altai Алтын Казык (Altïn Kazïk), etc.

Noun

Алтын Казык • (Altın Kazık) (Arabic spelling التىن قازىق)

  1. Polaris, North Star

References

  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 63

Southern Altai

Etymology

From алтын (altïn) + казык (kazïk), from Proto-Turkic *altun + Proto-Turkic *K(a)ŕguk. Cognate to Kyrgyz Алтын Казык (Altın Kazık), etc.

Noun

Алтын Казык • (Altïn Kazïk)

  1. Polaris, North Star

References

  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 63