اك

See also: اک

Bulgar

Bulgar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : اك
    Ordinal : اكِش

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i.

Numeral

اَكِ (äki)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) two

Descendants

  • Chuvash: иккӗ (ikkĕ), икӗ (ik̬ĕ), ик (ik)

References

  • Hakimzjanov, Farid Sabirzjanovich (1986) “New Volga Bulgarian Inscriptions”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1] (in Bulgar), volume 40, number 1, page 174
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 20

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eŋ

Adverb

اَكْ • (äŋ)

  1. forms superlatives from the following adjective

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ən
  • Gagauz: en
  • Ottoman Turkish: اك ()
    • Turkish: en

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *eŋ (very).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰭 ().

Adverb

اڭ • ()

  1. Forms the superlative of the following adjective.
    بیوك، اڭ بیوك
    biyük, biyük
    big, (the) biggest
Descendants
  • Turkish: en

Etymology 2

Unknown, may be from Proto-Turkic *öŋ (color, face).

Noun

اڭ • ()

  1. complexion (face color)
    Synonyms: بت (bet), بڭز (beñiz)
  2. color
    Synonyms: بویا (boya), رنك (renk)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *ēn (breadth, width).[2][3]

Noun

اڭ • ()

  1. width

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “en²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük