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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ărka
• *ārka

Etymology

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

*arka

1. back

Declension

Declension of *arka

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*arka
Accusative	*arkanï, *arkag 4), *arkanïg 1)
Genitive	*arkanïŋ
Dative	*arkaka
Locative	*arkada
Ablative	*arkadan
Allative	*arkagaru
Instrumental 2)	*arkan
Equative 2)	*arkača
Similative 2)	*arkalayu
Comitative 2)	*arkalïgu

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: урхалӑх (urh̬alăh)
• Common Turkic: *arka

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: arqa
• Oghuz:
  • Proto-Oghuz: *arka
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (arqa)
      • Azerbaijani: arxa
        • → Khalaj: arxa
      • Ottoman Turkish: آرقه (arka)
        • Gagauz: arqa
        • Turkish: arka
    • Salar: arxa
    • Turkmen: arka
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: اَرْقا (arqa)
    • Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (arqa)
      • Chagatai: ارقا (arqa)
        • Uzbek: orqa
        • Uyghur: ئارقا (arqa)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: ارقا (arqa)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: арҡа (arqa)
      • Tatar: арка (arka)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: arqa
      • Karachay-Balkar: аркъа (arqa)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (arğa)
      • Kumyk: аркъа (arqa)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: арқа (arqa)
        • Karakalpak: arqa
        • Nogai: [script needed] (arqa)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: арка (arka)
        • Southern Altai: арка (arka)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰺‎𐰴 (r¹‎q /⁠arqa⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (arqa)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (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

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ărka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• [1]