Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/orman

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *or- +‎ *-man. The first stem may be compared to Proto-Tungusic *pure (“forest”), if from earlier *hor-. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun edit

*orman

forest

Declension edit

Declension of *orman

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*orman
Accusative	ormannï, ormanïg ⁴⁾, *ormannïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*ormannïŋ
Dative	*ormanka
Locative	*ormanta
Ablative	*ormantan
Allative	*ormangaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*ormanïn
Equative ²⁾	*ormanča
Similative ²⁾	*ormanlayu
Comitative ²⁾	*ormanlïgu

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 edit

Oghur
- Chuvash: вӑрман (vărman)
Common Turkic

Medieval:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (orman)
Oghuz:
- Turkish: orman
- Azerbaijani: orman (poetic)
- Turkmen: ormon (dialectal)
- Gagauz: orman (“vegetable garden”)
- Salar: ormän
Karluk:
- Uyghur: ئورمان (orman)
- Uzbek: oʻrmon
Kypchak:
- North Kipchak
  - Tatar: урман (urman)
  - Bashkir: урман (urman)
- South Kipchak
  - Kazakh: орман (orman)
  - Karakalpak: орман, orman
  - Nogai: орман (orman)
- East Kipchak
  - Kyrgyz: ормон (ormon)
- West Kipchak
  - Crimean Tatar: orman
  - Kumyk: орман (orman)

References edit

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