Where does “akbaba” come from?

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

akbaba (Turkish): vulture

Definitions

  1. vulture

Ancestry of “akbaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآق باباvulture, any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae
2Ottoman Turkishآقwhite
3Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic Āk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آق بابا →
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