Where does “آق بابا” come from?

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

آق بابا (Ottoman Turkish): vulture, any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae

Definitions

  1. vulture, any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae

Ancestry of “آق بابا”, step by step

آق بابا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish آق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآقwhite
2Proto-TurkicĀkwhite

via Ottoman Turkish بابا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
2Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا—

Words derived from “آق بابا”

Every word from Proto-Turkic Āk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آق →
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