Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-rak

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

preceding vowel
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*-rak	*-rek

Suffix

*-rak

1. Marks the comparative degree of adjectives. Equivalent to English -er.

   ‎*eskü (“old”) + ‎*-rak → ‎*eskürek (“older”)

   ‎*tātlïg (“tasty”) + ‎*-rak → ‎*tātlïgrak (“tastier”)

Derived terms

• *-tï-rak

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -рах (-rah), -рех (-reh)

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: -راق (-raq)
      • Azerbaijani: -raq, -rək (archaic) as in yaxşıraq (“better”)
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: sarımtırak
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: -rak, -räk
    • Salar: -raq, -rek
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: -roq
  • Uyghur: ـراق (-raq), ـرەك (-rek)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: -раҡ (-raq), -рәк (-rək)
    • Tatar: -рак (-raq), -рәк (-räk)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: -раак (-raak), -рээк (-reek)
    • Southern Altai: -арык (-arïk), -ерик (-yerik), -ӧрик (-örik)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: -рақ (-raq), -рек (-rek)