Where does “ақбөкен” come from?

ақбөкен (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh ақ, from Proto-Turkic Āk — white.

ақбөкен (Kazakh): saiga (Saiga tatarica)

Definitions

  1. saiga (Saiga tatarica)

Ancestry of “ақбөкен”, step by step

ақбөкен traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ақ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhақwhite; clean, pure, saintly; pertaining to...
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite

via Kazakh бөкен

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбөкенantelope
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