Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/orman

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 *or- +‎ *-man. The first stem may be compared to Proto-Tungusic *pure (“forest”), if from earlier *hor-. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*orman

1. forest

Declension

Declension of *orman

	singular 3)
nominative	*orman
accusative	*ormanïg, *ormannï1)
genitive	*ormannïŋ
dative	*ormanka
locative	*ormanta
ablative	*ormantan
allative	*ormangaru
instrumental 2)	*ormanïn
equative 2)	*ormanča
similative 2)	*ormanlayu
comitative 2)	*ormanlïgu

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

• Oghur
  • Chuvash: вӑрман (vărman)
• Common Turkic

• Medieval:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (orman)
• Oghuz:
  • Turkish: orman
  • Azerbaijani: orman (poetic)
  • Turkmen: ormon (dialectal)
  • Gagauz: orman (“vegetable garden”)
  • Salar: ormän
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: ئورمان (orman)
  • Uzbek: oʻrmon
• Kypchak:
  • North Kipchak
    • Tatar: урман (urman)
    • Bashkir: урман (urman)
  • South Kipchak
    • Kazakh: орман (orman)
    • Karakalpak: орман, orman
    • Nogai: орман (orman)
  • East Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz: ормон (ormon)
  • West Kipchak
    • Crimean Tatar: orman
    • Kumyk: орман (orman)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*orman”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill