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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kȫkerčin

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 *kȫker- (“to turn blue”) +‎ *-čin, from *kȫk (“blue”) +‎ *-er.

Noun

*kȫkerčin

  1. dove, pigeon

Declension
Declension of *kȫkerčin
Singular 3)
Nominative *kȫkerčin
Accusative *kȫkerčinni, *kȫkerčinig 4), *kȫkerčinnig 1)
Genitive *kȫkerčinniŋ
Dative *kȫkerčinke
Locative *kȫkerčinte
Ablative *kȫkerčinten
Allative *kȫkerčingerü
Instrumental 2) *kȫkerčinin
Equative 2) *kȫkerčinče
Similative 2) *kȫkerčinleyü
Comitative 2) *kȫkerčinligü
1) Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
4) Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: кӑвакарчӑн (kăvak̬arč̬ăn)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Proto-Oghuz: *göɣerčin
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: көгершін (kögerşın)
      • Nogai: коьгершин (kögerşin)
    • East Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Old Uyghur:
        • Western Yugur: [script needed] (köküšken, köküškön)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: көгээзин (kögeezin, “wild pigeon”)

See also
Animals in Turkic
dog: *ït hunting dog: *eker hen: *tiakïgu
lark: *torgay dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin quail: *bïldurčïn
sparrow: *serče hawk, falcon: *kïrguy goose: *kāŕ
wolf: *bȫrü cow: *ingek calf: *buŕagu
camel: *tebe young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu horse: *at
foal: *kulun worm: *kūrt snake: *yï̄lan
fox: *tilkü goat: *keči he-goat: *teke
lion: *arsïlan fish: *bālïk carp bream: *čapak
donkey: *eĺčgek carp: *siāŕgan catfish: *yāyïn
beaver: *kunduŕ hedgehog: *kirpi badger: *borsmuk
fly, mosquito: *siŋek wasp, bee: *ārï gadfly: *bȫgen
moth: *küńe louse: *bït earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
yak: *kotuz colt: *sïp dragon: *siāŕgan
worm: *kūrt deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu lizard: *keleŕ

References
  1. “göğerçin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 6, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, page 2169a, marked as "*Erciş -Van, Kerkük"
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “Proto-Turkic/kȫkerčin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 393
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