алҡыш

Bashkir

Алҡыш.

Etymology

From *alqïš (“praise, blessing”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ạlkɨ- (“to praise, bless”).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (alqïš, “praise, blessing”);[2] Kumyk алгъыш (alğış, “blessing; expression of gratitude”), Kyrgyz алкыш (alkış, “blessing”), Southern Altai алкыш (alkïš, “blessing”), Uzbek olqish (“an act of wishing well, blessing, benediction; applause”), Uyghur ئالقىش (alqish, “applause; praise; benediction”), Turkish alkış (“applause”), Tuvan алгыш (algış, “blessing”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑɫˈqɯ̞ʂ]
  • Hyphenation: ал‧ҡыш

Noun

алҡыш • (alqış)

  1. applause, act of applauding

Declension

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạlkɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 38
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