Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yïpar

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 *jixar (“strong perfume, musk”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*yïpar

1. (Common Turkic) smell, perfume, musk

Declension

Declension of *yïpar (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*yïpar	*yïparlar
accusative
genitive	*yïparnïŋ	*yïparlarnïŋ
dative	*yïparka	*yïparlarka
locative	*yïparda	*yïparlarda
ablative	*yïpardan	*yïparlardan
instrumental1)		*yïparlarïn
equative1)	*yïparča	*yïparlarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• →? Proto-Mongolic: *jixar

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: yıpar (“good smell”)
  • Salar: yuxar
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yıpar)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: йофар (yofar)
    • Tatar: [script needed] (yifar)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: jupar
      • Kazakh: жұпар (jūpar)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: жыпар (jıpar)
      • Southern Altai: јыбар (ǰïbar)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰘𐰯𐰺 (yïpar)
    • Old Uyghur: yyb’r (yïpar)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: сыбар (sıbar)

References

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