апа

Kazakh

Etymology

From Old Turkic apa ("ancestors"), from Proto-Turkic *appa, *apa (“father”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *áp`a (“father”).

Noun

апа • (apa)

  1. sister

References

*áp`a Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Tatar

Etymology

From Old Turkic apa ("ancestors"), from Proto-Turkic *appa, *apa (“father”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *áp`a (“father”).

Noun

апа • (apa)

  1. sister

Udmurt

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Tatar апа (apa).

Noun

апа • (apa)

  1. sister
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