Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bulan

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

*bulan

1. elk

   Hyponyms: *keyik, *sïgun

Declension

Declension of *bulan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bulan
Accusative	*bulanïg, *bulannï1)
Genitive	*bulannïŋ
Dative	*bulanka
Locative	*bulanta
Ablative	*bulantan
Allative	*bulangaru
Instrumental 2)	*bulanïn
Equative 2)	*bulanča
Similative 2)	*bulanlayu
Comitative 2)	*bulanlïgu

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

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar:
    • Chuvash: пӑлан (pălan)
  • → Hungarian: bölény (“aurochs”)
  • Khazar: [script needed] (bulan) (“a male name”)
• Common Turkic: *bulan

• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (bulan)
    • Khorezmian Turkic:
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (bulan)
        • Uzbek: bulon
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (bulan)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: болан (bolan)
      • Tatar: болан (bolan)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: бұлан (būlan)
        • Nogai: [script needed] (bulan)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: булан (bulan)
        • Southern Altai: булан (bulan)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: булан (bulan)
    • Yenisei:
      • Shor: пулан
      • Khakas: пулан (pulan)

References

http://www.khazaria.com/khazar-names.html