Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/urkan

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 *ur- (“to hit; to place”) +‎ *-gan. Cognate with *uruk (“rope”). According to Clauson, unrelated to *ȫrk and *ȫrken which are instead from *ȫr- (“to plait”). Relation to *arkan (“rope”) is uncertain.

Noun

*urkan

1. (Oghuz Turkic) rope

   Synonyms: *ȫrken, *arkan

Declension

Declension of *urkan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*urkan
Accusative	*urkanïg, *urkannï1)
Genitive	*urkannïŋ
Dative	*urkanka
Locative	*urkanta
Ablative	*urkantan
Allative	*urkangaru
Instrumental 2)	*urkanïn
Equative 2)	*urkanča
Similative 2)	*urkanlayu
Comitative 2)	*urkanlïgu

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

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: urğan (dial.)
    • Ottoman Turkish: اورغان (urgan)
      • Gagauz: urgan
      • Turkish: urgan
  • Salar: urqan
  • Turkmen: urgan
    • → Karakalpak: [script needed] (urqan)

References

• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 516