Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kirpi

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

*kirpi

1. hedgehog
2. thorn (?)

Declension

Declension of *kirpi

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kirpi
Accusative	*kirpig, *kirpini1)
Genitive	*kirpiniŋ
Dative	*kirpike
Locative	*kirpide
Ablative	*kirpiden
Allative	*kirpigerü
Instrumental 2)	*kirpin
Equative 2)	*kirpiče
Similative 2)	*kirpileyü
Comitative 2)	*kirpiligü

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.

Related terms

• *kirpik (“eyelash”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: чӗрӗп (čĕrĕp)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: kirpi
    • Ottoman Turkish: كرپی
      • Turkish: kirpi
  • Turkmen: kirpi
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: كِرْبیٖ (kirpi)
    • Chagatai:
      • Uyghur: كىرپە (kirpe)
      • Uzbek: kirpi
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: керпе (kerpe)
    • Bashkir: терпе (terpe)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: kirpi
    • Karachay-Balkar: кирпи (kirpi)
    • Kumyk: кирпи (kirpi)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: кірпі (kırpı)
      • Karakalpak: кирпи
      • Nogai: кирпи (kirpi)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кирпи (kirpi)
      • Southern Altai: кирпи (kirpi)