𐰴𐰭

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaŋ (father). Cognate to Karakhanid قَنْكْسِقْ (qaŋsïq, step-father), Karakhanid قَنْكْدَشْ (qaŋdaš, half brother), Old Uyghur qʾnk (qaŋ, father).

Noun

𐰴𐰭 ( /qaŋ/)

  1. father
    Synonyms: 𐰯𐰀 (apa), 𐱃𐰀 (ata)
    Antonym: (with regards to gender) 𐰇𐰏 (ög)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qaŋ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 341
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 630
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)aŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill