Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āl

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

Some Proto-Turkic words that start with a vowel, can be compared to Proto-Mongolic initial-h, Proto-Tungusic initial-p. For example; Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”), Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) (cf. Manchu ᡶᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (fulgiyan), Mongolian улаан (ulaan); Proto-Mongolic *hüker (“ox”), Proto-Tungusic *pukur (“cow”), Proto-Turkic *öküŕ (“ox”) etc.

Adjective

*āl

1. red, scarlet

Descendants

• Old Turkic: 𐰞‎ (āl)
• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: al
    • Ottoman Turkish: آل‎ (al)
      • Turkish: al
      • → Albanian: all
      • → Armenian: ալ (al)
      • →⇒ Greek: άλικος (álikos, “crimson”)
      • → Persian: آل‎ (âl)
    • Gagauz: al
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: āl
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ал (al)
    • Tatar: ал (al)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (al, “bright red”)
• → Mongolian: ал (al)
• → Russian: алый (alyj)

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *bodaglar, *bodagsāyïn (layout · text)

*āk, *ürüŋ	*boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń	*kara
*kïŕïl; *āl	*koŋur, *yạgïŕ	*siarïg, *yẹgren
	*yāĺïl
	*kȫk
	*(y)ip-

References

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