𐽰𐽰𐽲

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (ʔak̚, bad).

Adjective

𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /aḳ/)

  1. hated, hateful, despicable
    𐽰𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽶𐽰𐽴𐽳𐽲ʾʾẍ yʾzwq /Aḳ yazuḳ./ ― A despicable sin.
Compound terms
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽿𐽶 (ʾʾq qʾršy /⁠aḳ ḳaršï⁠/, someone who seeks out quarrels)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶 (ʾʾq yʾqy /⁠aḳ yaġï⁠/, hated enemy)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽰𐽴𐽳𐽲 (ʾʾq yʾzwq /⁠aḳ yazuḳ⁠/, a despicable sin)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽺𐽽𐾁𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾq sʾqynclyq /⁠aḳ saḳïnčlïġ⁠/, one with hateful thoughts)
Derived terms
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾqlʾmʾqlyq /⁠aḳlamaḳlïġ⁠/, with hate)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾqlʾncyq /⁠aḳlančïġ⁠/, disgusting, irking)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *āk (white). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰴 (ak), Karakhanid ااقْ (âq).

Adjective

𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /aḳ/)

  1. white
    𐽰𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽰𐽰𐾀 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰
    ʾʾẍ ʾʾt pyrlʾ ʾʾẍ yʾnkʾ
    /Aḳ at birlä aḳ yaŋa./
    A white stallion and a white elephant.
  2. clear, light
  3. good, favorable
Compound terms
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽿 (ʾʾq ʾʾš /⁠aḳ aš⁠/, rice pudding, literally white dish) (thought to be identical to the Turkish dish sütlaç)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽹 (ʾʾq ʾʾtlyq sʾnkrʾm /⁠Ak Atlïġ Seŋrem⁠/, Bai Ma Si, (白馬寺)), first Buddhist temple in China
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽰𐽻𐾀𐽳𐽲 (ʾʾq yʾstwq /⁠aḳ yastuḳ⁠/, silver, literally white ingot)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽿 (ʾʾq tʾš /⁠aḳ taš⁠/, chalk, literally white stone)
Derived terms
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾqʾrmʾq /⁠aḳarmaḳ⁠/, to whiten, to become clear)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽻𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾqsyq /⁠aḳsïġ⁠/, whitish, pale)
Descendants
  • Western Yugur: aq (aʰq)

Proper noun

𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /Aḳ/)

  1. a female given name
    𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺ʾẍ q̈ʾtwn /Aḳ Ḥatun/

See also

Colors in Old Uyghur · 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (pwdwq /⁠boduġ⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwynk /⁠öŋ⁠/) (layout · text)
     𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /⁠aḳ⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ywrwnk /⁠yürüŋ⁠/)      𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /⁠boz⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/)      𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (qʾrʾ /⁠ḳara⁠/)
             𐽰𐽰𐾁 (ʾʾl /⁠al⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (qyzyl /⁠ḳïzïl⁠/)              𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾr /⁠ar⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yʾqyz /⁠yaġïz⁠/)              𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
                          𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yʾšyl /⁠yašïl⁠/)             
             𐽽𐽰𐽽 (cʾc /⁠čač⁠/)              𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/)              𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽿 (kwykwš /⁠köküš⁠/), 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rzʾβrt /⁠razavart⁠/)
             𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yypkyn /⁠yipgin⁠/)                           𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qyzqʾn /⁠ḳïzġan⁠/), 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn /⁠sazġan⁠/)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “aḳ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 9
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ak, (2) ak”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 22-23