Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/baĺč
 |
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. |
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bāĺ
Proto-Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Proto-Mongolic *maljan (“bald”) (<*balja/balji) (cf. Mongolian мулзан (mulzan, “bald”)). Also Mongolian тарвалжи бүргэд (tarvalži bürged, “steppe eagle, acc. the logic literally bald-headed eagle”) was suggested.[1] (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
[edit]*baĺč
Declension
[edit]| singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *baĺč |
| accusative | *baĺčïg, *baĺčnï1) |
| genitive | *baĺčnïŋ |
| dative | *baĺčka |
| locative | *baĺčda |
| ablative | *baĺčdan |
| allative | *baĺčgaru |
| instrumental 2) | *baĺčïn |
| equative 2) | *baĺčča |
| similative 2) | *baĺčlayu |
| comitative 2) | *baĺčlïgu |
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.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Oghur:
- Common Turkic: *baš
References
[edit]- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*baĺč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill