ақша

See also: акша

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اقشا
Cyrillic ақша
Latin aqşa

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Morphologically ақ (aq) +‎ -ша (-şa). Cognate with Tatar акча (aqça), Bashkir аҡса (aqsa), Kyrgyz акча (akca), Southern Altai акча (akča), Kumyk акъча (aqça), Karachay-Balkar ахча (axça), Crimean Tatar aqça, Turkish akçe, Khakas ахча (axça), Shor ақча, Tuvan акша (akşa, “money”), Chuvash укҫа (ukśa, “coin”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑ̝q.ʃɑ̝], [ɑ̝χ.ʃɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: ақ‧ша

Noun

ақша • (aqşa)

  1. money, cash
  2. coin
  3. currency

Synonyms

See also

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