Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bańak

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

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Noun

*bańak

animal dung

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz: بَيْنَقْ (baynaq, “dung”)
Kipchak: [script needed] (maya:q)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: مَيَقْ (mayaq, “dung of camel or sheep”), مَژَكْ (mejek, “dog dung”)
  - Chagatai:
    - Uyghur: [script needed] (mayaq)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Uyghur: [script needed] (mayaq, “dung”)
- South Siberian:
  - Tuvan: [script needed] (mıyaq)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350
al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 167, 175
al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 392
Ölmez, M. (2021). Some Notes on Old Uyghur mayaq and ügi. Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road, Johannes Reckel and Merle Schatz (Eds.), Göttingen. pp. 153-158.