Where does “آقچہ” come from?

آقچہ (Urdu) comes from Ottoman Turkish آقچه, from Ottoman Turkish آق, from Proto-Turkic Āk — white.

آقچہ (Urdu): rupee

Definitions

  1. rupee

Ancestry of “آقچہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآقچهsilver coin
2Ottoman Turkishآقwhite
3Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic Āk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آقچه →