𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣

altun

Meaning:
gold, golden

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen altyn
Turkish (Azerbaijan) altun
Turkish (Türkiye) altın
Salar altun
Gagauz altın
Crimean altın
Uyghur altun
Uzbek oltin
Kazakh altın
Nogai altın
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz altın
Altai altın
Alan altın
Kumyk altın
Tatar altın
Bashkir altın
Tıva aldın
Khakas altın
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) altan
Khalaj -
Chuvash ılt̬ăn

Examples

Irıq Bitig
4
Bilgä Qagan
3
Tonyuquq
6
Kül Tegin
3

Translations

German:
das Gold, golden
Kazakh:
altın
Kyrgyz:
altın
Russian:
золото, золотой
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
altun, qızıl
Turkish (Türkiye):
altın
Turkmen:
altyn, gyzyl
Uzbek:
oltin
  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 131
    altuːn
  • Tekin (1993) Book of Omens
    (a)ltun gold, golden