akçe

Meaning

Concepts

(historical) A small silver coin
any coin
(broadly) money

Pronounced as (IPA)

/akˈt͡ʃe/

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

Cognate with Tatar

Cognate with Bashkir

Cognate with Kyrgyz

Cognate with Southern Altai

Cognate with Kumyk

Cognate with Karachay-Balkar

Cognate with Crimean Tatar

Cognate with Kazakh

Cognate with Khakas

Cognate with Shor

Cognate with Tuvinian

Cognate with Chuvash

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آقچه (aḳça, “silver money, coin, a third part of a para, anciently a real coin of much greater value and a day's pay for a soldier, now a mere money of account”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āk (“white”). Morphologically ak + -çe. Cognate with Tatar акча (aqça), Bashkir аҡса (aqsa), Kyrgyz акча (akca), Southern Altai акча (akča), Kumyk акъча (aqça), Karachay-Balkar ахча (axça), Crimean Tatar aqça, Kazakh ақша (aqşa), Khakas ахча (axça), Shor ақча, Tuvan акша (akşa, “money”), Chuvash укҫа (ukśa, “coin”), etc.