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Where does “آق بابا” come from?

آق بابا (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آق, from Proto-Turkic Āk — white.

Ancestry of “آق بابا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآقwhite
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
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