Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kāŕ

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *kāz

Etymology edit

Considering the bird’s black feathers, it could be a derivative of the word 'black' (see Proto-Turkic *kara), but most data support the hypothesis of an onomatopoeic origin.[1][2][3] Probably related to the Hungarian onomatopoeic word gá-gá (sound a goose makes).[3] This onomatopoeic formation may serve the same function as other Turkic bird-related words like karga (crow, black bird) and kuş (bird), compare the Hungarian onomatopoeic word kár-kár ("to croak").[3]

Alternatively, borrowed from some reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (goose), perhaps Tocharian.[4][5] Pedersen derived from Old Armenian *գաս (*gas), the supposed earlier form of սագ (sag, goose),[6][7] but this derivation is implausible.[2][5] Unlikely to be a direct borrowing from Proto-Indo-European, but perhaps coincidental or a cultural Wanderwort.[8] Compare with Chechen гӏа̄з (ğaaz), Ingush гӏа̄ж (ğaaž).

Noun edit

*kāŕ

  1. goose

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: хур (hur)
  • Common Turkic:

See also edit

Animals in Turkic
 
Dog
dog: *ït
 
Hunting Dog
hunting dog: *eker
 
Hen
hen: *tiakïgu
 
Lark
lark: *torgay
 
Pigeon
dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin
 
Quail
quail: *bïldurčïn
 
Sparrow
sparrow: *serče
 
Hawk
hawk, falcon: *kïrguy
 
Goose
goose: *kāŕ
 
Wolf
wolf: *bȫrü
 
Cow
cow: *ingek
 
Calf
calf: *buŕagu
 
Camel
camel: *tebe
 
Young Camel
young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu
 
Horse
horse: *at
 
Foal
foal: *kulun
 
Worm
worm: *kūrt
 
Snake
snake: *yï̄lan
 
Fox
fox: *tilkü
 
goat
goat: *keči
 
He-goat
he-goat: *teke
 
Lion
lion: *arsïlan
 
Fish
fish: *bālïk
 
Abramis brama
carp bream: *čapak
 
Donkey
donkey: *eĺčgek
 
Carp
carp: *siāŕgan
 
Catfish
catfish: *yāyïn
 
Beaver
beaver: *kunduŕ
 
Hedgehog
hedgehog: *kirpi
 
Badger
badger: *borsmuk
 
Fly
fly, mosquito: *siŋek
 
Bee
wasp, bee: *ārï
 
Gadlfy
gadfly: *bȫgen
 
Moth
moth: *küńe
 
Louse
louse: *bït
 
Earthworm
earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
 
Yak
yak: *kotuz
 
Colt
colt: *sïp
 
Dragon
dragon: *siāŕgan
 
Worm
worm: *kūrt
 
Deer
deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu
 
Lizard
lizard: *keleŕ

Further reading edit

  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) “qaz”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 272
  • Budagov, Lazarʹ (1871) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume II, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 13
  • Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1899) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects], volume II (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 360f
  • Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1899) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects], volume II (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 346

References edit

  1. ^ 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 184b
  2. 2.0 2.1 Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1389, pages 385–387
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Czeglédi, Katalin. The Nature of the Relationship between the Hungarian and Turkish Languages. Journal of Eurasian Studies. Volume IV., Issue 4. October-December 2012.
  4. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 679
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 152b
  6. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, pages 453–454
  7. ^ Pedersen (Pedersən), Holger (1907) H. Tʻovmas Ketikean, transl., Hayerēn ew dracʻi lezunerə [Armenian and the Neighbouring Languages] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 186–187
  8. ^ The Proto-Bulgaro-Turkic Urheimat based on geolexical analysis (archived)