آق آغاج

Ottoman Turkish

آق آغاج

Etymology

From آق (ak, “white”) + آغاج (ağac, “tree”).

Noun

آق آغاج • (ak ağac)

1. birch, any of various trees of the genus Betula

   Synonym: هوش (huş)

Descendants

• Turkish: akağaç

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “akağaç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 164
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “آق آغاج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 53a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آق آغاج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 22
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آق آغاج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 161