ابنك

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *apam ~ *apaŋ (“if”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (apam).

Conjunction

اَبَنْكْ (apaŋ)

1. if

   اَبَنْكْ سَنْ بَرْسا سَنْ ― Apaŋ sen barsā sen. ― If you go.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “apaŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 11-12

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 134