Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bāča

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

Noun

*bāča

1. elder sister
2. husbands of sisters

Declension

Declension of *bāča

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bāča
Accusative	*bāčag, *bāčanï1)
Genitive	*bāčanïŋ
Dative	*bāčaka
Locative	*bāčada
Ablative	*bāčadan
Allative	*bāčagaru
Instrumental 2)	*bāčan
Equative 2)	*bāčača
Similative 2)	*bāčalayu
Comitative 2)	*bāčalïgu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
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.

Derived terms

• *bāčanak

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: bacı
    • Ottoman Turkish: باجی (bacı)
      • Turkish: bacı
      • → Classical Persian: بَاجِی (bājī)
        • → Gujarati: બાજી (bājī)
        • → Khalaj: bâcı
        • → Hindustani:

          Hindi: बाजी (bājī)

          Urdu: باجی (bājī)

        • → Punjabi: باجی (bājī)
  • Salar: baca
  • Turkmen: bajy
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бажа (baja)
    • Tatar: баҗа (baca), baca
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: baca
    • Karachay-Balkar: баджа (baca)
    • Kumyk: бажа (baja)
      • → Bats: ბა̄ჯ (bāǯ)
      • → Chechen: бажа (baža)
      • → Georgian: ბაჯა (baǯa) (Tusheti)
      • → Ingush: бажа (baža)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: бажа (baja)
    • Kyrgyz: бажа (baja)
    • Nogai: бажа (baja)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: бажа (baja)
    • Southern Altai: баја (baǰa)
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: boja
  • Uyghur: باجا (baja)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰲𐰀 (b¹ča)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: паӌа (paca)
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: бажа (baja)
      • Tuvan: бажа (baja)