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
Kyrgyz altın
Altai altın
Alan altın
Kumyk altın
Tatar altın
Bashkir altın
Chuvash ılt̬ăn
Sakha (Yakut) altan
Tıva aldın
Khakas altın

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) p. 131
    altuːn
    Gerard Clauson. An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish. Oxford University Press, 1972. ISBN 9780198641124.
  • Tekin (1993)
    (a)ltun gold, golden
    Talat Tekin. Book of Omens. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1993.