التن

Karakhanid

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Turkic *al (“lower part”). Cognate with Yakut алын (alın) and related to Turkish alt.

Noun

اَلْتِنْ (altïn)

lower part

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 109

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