Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/belgü

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

From Proto-Turkic *bel-.

Noun

*belgü

1. sign, omen

Declension

Declension of *belgü

	singular 3)
nominative	*belgü
accusative	*belgüg, *belgüni1)
genitive	*belgüniŋ
dative	*belgüke
locative	*belgüde
ablative	*belgüden
allative	*belgügerü
instrumental 2)	*belgün
equative 2)	*belgüče
similative 2)	*belgüleyü
comitative 2)	*belgüligü

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

Descendants

• Common Turkic: *belgü, *belgür-

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: bəlirmək, bəlgiyyə
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: belirmek, belgi
  • Turkmen: belgi
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بَلْكُ (belgü), بَلْكُرْماكْ (belgürmek)
    • Uzbek: belgi
    • Uyghur: [script needed] (bälgü)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: билге (bilge), билгереү (bilgerew)
    • Tatar: билге (bilge)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: belgi
    • Karaim: belgi
    • Kumyk: белги (belgi)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: belgi
      • Kazakh: белгі (belgı)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: белги (belgi)
      • Southern Altai: белги (belgi)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (belgü)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: бэлиэ (belie)

References

• Schejk Sulejman efendi’s Tscagataj-osmanisches Wörterbuch. Budapest, 1902.v
• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “Proto-Turkic/belgü”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 69
• https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-1744.htm
• “Proto-Turkic/belgü”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “Proto-Turkic/belgü”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
• Якутско-русский словарь (ред. П.А. Слепцов) 1972 г, 25300 слов.