Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āb

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *aba (“hunt, chase”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*āb

1. (Common Turkic) hunting, hunt, prey, chase

Declension

Declension of *āb (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*āb	*āblar
accusative
genitive	*ābnïŋ	*āblarnïŋ
dative	*ābka	*āblarka
locative	*ābda	*āblarda
ablative	*ābdan	*āblardan
instrumental1)		*āblarïn
equative1)	*ābča	*āblarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *ābčï (“hunter”)

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: ov
    • Ottoman Turkish: آو (av)
      • Turkish: av
      • Gagauz: av
  • Turkmen: āw
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: ااڤْ (āv)
    • Uyghur: اۋ (aw), ав (aw)
    • Uzbek: ov, ов (ov)
• Kypchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: ав (aw)
    • Bashkir: ау (aw)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: av
    • Kumyk: ав (aw), гьав (haw)
    • Karachay-Balkar: ув (uv)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (av)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: ау (au)
      • Karakalpak: aw
      • Nogai: ав (av)
    • Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: уу (uu)
      • Southern Altai: уу (uu) hunt (with net)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰉 (ab)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (av)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Āb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• 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 81