Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/alp

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

Recorded as (hop), (haH.lap) in the Chinese sources.

Adjective

*alp

  1. difficult, hard
    Synonym: *kǖč

Noun

*alp

  1. warrior, hero, a brave figure

Derived terms

  • *alpagut (warrior)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • ? Ancient Greek: ’Αλπισουρ (’Alpisour, a clan of Huns)[1]
    • Volga Bulgar: آلِبْ (alıp)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *alp
    • Proto-Oghuz: *alp
      • West Oghuz:
        • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (alp)
    • Karluk:
      • Karakhanid: اَلْپ (ālb /⁠alp⁠/)
        • Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (alp)
          • Chagatai: [script needed] (alp)
    • Kipchak:
        • North Kipchak:
        • West Kipchak:
          • Karaim: алп (alp)
        • South Kipchak:
          • Kazakh: алып (alyp, strength, power)
          • Karakalpak: alp
        • East Kipchak:
          • Kyrgyz: алп (alp)
          • Southern Altai: алып (alïp)
    • Siberian Turkic:
      • Proto-Yeniseian: *aɬp (Alba) (a legendary figure in Yeniseian folklore)
      • Old Turkic: 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/)
      • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾlp /⁠alp⁠/)
      • North Siberian Turkic:
      • South Siberian Turkic:
        • Tuvan: албыг (albıg, to pant, stifle)
        • Shor: алып (alıp)
        • Khakas: алып (alıp)
          • Khakas: албых (albıx, to suffer)

References

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

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “alp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 127-128
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, pages 36-37
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük