Etymograph

English

Aksay

Aksay comes from Kazakh اقساي.

  1. Kazakhmodernاقسايliterally ‘very white’
  2. EnglishtodayAksay

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Kazakhmodernاقسايliterally ‘very white’
  2. EnglishtodayAksay

The story

Borrowed from Kazakh اقساي (aqsay, literally “very white”).

Today it means

name A Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Kazakh اقساي / Aksay