Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/arka

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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Akin to Proto-Mongolic *aru (back, behind, North), Proto-Tungusic *arkan (back). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compared to Proto-Turkic *ār-t (back, behind).

Noun

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*arka

  1. back

Declension

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Declension of *arka
singular 3)
nominative *arka
accusative *arkag, *arkanï1)
genitive *arkanïŋ
dative *arkaka
locative *arkada
ablative *arkadan
allative *arkagaru
instrumental 2) *arkan
equative 2) *arkača
similative 2) *arkalayu
comitative 2) *arkalïgu

1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

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  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: урхалӑх (urh̬alăh)
  • Common Turkic: *arka
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • Proto-Oghuz: *arka
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (arqa)
      • Salar: arqa
      • Turkmen: arka
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak: ارقا (arqa)
      • North Kipchak:
      • West Kipchak:
      • South Kipchak:
        • Caspian:
          • Kazakh: арқа (arqa)
          • Karakalpak: arqa
          • Nogai: [script needed] (arqa)
        • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰺‎𐰴 (r¹‎q /⁠arqa⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (arqa)
    • North Siberian:
      • Yakut: арҕаа (arğaa)
      • Dolgan: [script needed] (argalaa)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: [script needed] (arğa, mountain forest)
      • Yenisei:
        • Shor: [script needed] (arğa)
        • Khakas: [script needed] (arğa)

References

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