Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kirpik

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

Clauson suggests a diminutive formation *kirpi (“hedgehog”) +‎ *-k.

Nishanyan and ESTJa instead suggest a derivation *kïrp- (“to shave; to wink”) +‎ *-k, however this should've yielded the earliest form *kïrpuk.

Noun

*kirpik

1. (anatomy) eyelash

Declension

Declension of *kirpik

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kirpik
Accusative	*kirpikni, *kirpikig 4), *kirpiknig 1)
Genitive	*kirpikniŋ
Dative	*kirpikke
Locative	*kirpikde
Ablative	*kirpikden
Allative	*kirpikgerü
Instrumental 2)	*kirpikin
Equative 2)	*kirpikče
Similative 2)	*kirpikleyü
Comitative 2)	*kirpikligü

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: хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: kirpik
• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (kirpik)
      • Azerbaijani: kirpik
      • Ottoman Turkish: كرپك (kirpik)
        • Turkish: kirpik
        • Gagauz: kirpik
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: kirpik
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (kirpik)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (kirpik)
      • Uyghur: كىرپىك (kirpik)
      • Uzbek: kiprik
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: керфек (kerfek)
    • Bashkir: керпек (kerpek)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimeaic Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: kirpik
      • Urum: кирпиг (kirpig)
    • Karachay-Balkar: кирпик (kirpik)
    • Kumyk: кирпик (kirpik)
  • South Kipchak:
    • • Karakalpak: кирпик
      • Kazakh: кірпік (kırpık)
      • Nogai: киприк (kiprik)
    • East Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кирпик (kirpik)
      • Southern Altai: кирбик (kirbik)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Uyghur: kyrpyk (kirpik)
      • Western Yugur: kərmək
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: чыыпық
      • Tuvan: кирбик (kirbik)
    • Yeniseian Turkic:
      • Khakas: кірбік (kìrbìk)
      • Shor: кирбик

References

• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 74
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 272
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kirpik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kirpik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 737
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kirpik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük