ақша

See also: акша

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	اقشا
Cyrillic	ақша
Latin	aqşa

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Morphologically ақ (aq) +‎ -ша (-ša). 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): /ɑqˈʃɑ/, [ɑ̝qʰʃɑ̝́], [ɑ̝χʃɑ̝́]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /æqˈʃɑ/ (as if spelled *әқша)

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• Hyphenation: ақ‧ша

Noun

ақша • (aqša)

1. money, cash
2. coin
3. currency

Synonyms

• пұл (pul)

See also

• ақ (aq)