𐰞𐰯

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ălp (“difficult, hard, brave; warrior”), and according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, possibly from Proto-Altaic *ălpa (“unable, sick; man-at-arms”) (compare Mongolian алба (alba, “service, work, job”), Japanese 哀れ (aware, “pity”), Korean 아픈 (apeun, “to be ill”)). Cognate to Khakas алып (alıp, “hero”), Kazakh алып (alıp, “giant”), Tatar алып (alıp, “giant”), Turkish alp (“hero”), Yakut алып (alıp, “craftiness, deception, magic”).

Noun

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

  1. brave warrior
  2. bravery

Adjective

𐰞𐰯 (alp)

  1. difficult, hard, tough
  2. brave
  3. stout
  • 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆‎ (alpaɣu)

References

  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “alp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 127
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