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.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

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. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*baĺč

1. (anatomy) head
2. beginning

Declension

Declension of *baĺč

	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 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.

Derived terms

• *baĺč-lïg
• *baĺč-sïŕ
• *baĺč-lïk
• *baĺč-la-

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar: بج (baç), بَجنَ (baçna, “beginning of”)
    • Chuvash: пуҫ (puś)
  • >? Bulgar: بلج
• Common Turkic: *baš

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: baş
• Proto-Oghuz: *baš
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (baş)
      • Azerbaijani: baş
      • Ottoman Turkish: باش (baš), պաշ (baş) — Armeno-Turkish
        • Gagauz: baş
        • Turkish: baş
        • → Albanian: bash
        • → Armenian: պաշ (paš)
        • → Bulgarian: баш (baš)
        • → Macedonian: баш (baš)
        • → Romanian: baș
        • → Serbo-Croatian: bȁš / ба̏ш
  • East Oghuz:
    • Salar: baş
    • Turkmen: baş
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بَشْ, باشْ (baš)
    • Khorezmian Turkic: باش (baš)
      • Chagatai: باش (baš)
        • Uzbek: bosh
        • Uyghur: باش (bash)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: بَش (baş)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: баш (baş)
      • Tatar: баш (baş)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: baş
      • Karachay-Balkar: баш (baş)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (baş)
      • Kumyk: баш (baş)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: бас (bas)
        • Karakalpak: bas
        • Nogai: бас (bas)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: баш (baş)
        • Southern Altai: баш (baš)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰉𐱁 (baš)
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽰𐽿 (baš /⁠pʾš⁠/)
    • Western Yugur: baʂ
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: бас (bas)
    • Yakut: бас (bas)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: баш (baş)
      • Tofa: баъш
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: пас (pas)
      • Shor: паш (paš)

References

• 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