Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bür

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

Noun

*bür

1. bud
2. leaf

   Synonym: *yapurgak

Derived terms

• *bürge (“flea”)
• *bürtük (“grain”)

Declension

Declension of *bür

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bür
Accusative	*bürüg, *bürni1)
Genitive	*bürnüŋ
Dative	*bürke
Locative	*bürte
Ablative	*bürten
Allative	*bürgerü
Instrumental 2)	*bürün
Equative 2)	*bürče
Similative 2)	*bürleyü
Comitative 2)	*bürlügü

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: پر
      • Turkish: pür (“thin leaf”)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бөрө (börö)
    • Tatar: бөре (böre)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: бүр (bür)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bür)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: бүрү (bürü)
      • Tofa: бүр (bür)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (pür)
• → Mongolian: [script needed] (bür)
• → Kalmyk: [script needed] (bür)