Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/alp

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This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

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Etymology

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Compared to Proto-Mongolic *alba (compulsion, forcing; service, duty). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Also transcribed as (), 賀臘贺腊 (hèlà) in Chinese sources.

Nişanyan suggests this word is derived from the root al- (to beat, to take) and -Ip suffix. The suffix -Ip is used in several words like çöp, turp, sarp and top.

Noun

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*alp

  1. difficult, hard
  2. warrior
  3. hero
  4. brave
  5. giant
  6. landlord

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hunnic:
    • ? Ancient Greek: ᾽Αλπισουρ (a clan of Huns)[1]
  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic: *alp
    • Proto-Oghuz: *alp
      • West Oghuz:
        • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (alp)
    • Karluk:
    • Kipchak:
    • Siberian:
      • Old Turkic: 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/), 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆 (l¹pǧu /⁠alpağu⁠/)
        • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (alp), [script needed] (alpaɣut)
      • North Siberian:
      • South Siberian:
        • Sayan Turkic:
          • Tuvan: [script needed] (albıq-, to pant, stifle)
        • Yeniseian Turkic:
          • Shor: [script needed] (alıp)
          • Khakas: алып (alıp), [script needed] (albıx-)

References

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  1. ^ Gedikli, Yusuf (2021), “Hun Boy Adları”, in Avrupa Hunları ve Avrupa Hun Türkçesi, Ötüken Yayınları, page: 190-193