Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/torgay

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

If the suffix *-gay also used in *kïrguy, then possibly derived from unknown unattested root Proto-Turkic *tor-, which makes it comparable to Proto-Tungusic *turākī (“raven, crow”). ( compare Evenki тураки (turaki, “turaki”)). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*torgay

1. small bird, lark

Declension

Declension of *torgay

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*torgay
Accusative	*torgaynï, *torgayïg 4), *torgaynïg 1)
Genitive	*torgaynïŋ
Dative	*torgayka
Locative	*torgayda
Ablative	*torgaydan
Allative	*torgaygaru
Instrumental 2)	*torgayïn
Equative 2)	*torgayča
Similative 2)	*torgaylayu
Comitative 2)	*torgaylïgu

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: тӑри (tări)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: torağay
      • Ottoman Turkish: طویغار (“toygar”)
        • Turkish: toygar, turgay, Toygar (“a male given name”), Turgay (“a male given name”)
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: torgaý
• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: تورغای (torğay)
    • Uzbek:

      Cyrillic script: тўрғай (toʻrgʻay)

      Latin script: toʻrgʻay

    • Uyghur:

      Arabic script: تورغاي (torghay)

      Cyrillic script: торғай (torghay)

      Latin script: torghay

    • → Persian: ترغای (torğây), ترغی (torğay), تورغای (turğây)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: турғай (turğay)
    • Tatar: тургай (turgay)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: torğay
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: торғай (torğai)
    • ⇒ Nogai: боз торгай (boz torgay)
    • → Kalmyk: торһа (torğa)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: торгой (torgoy)
    • ⇒ Southern Altai: бос торкой (bos torkoy)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: туйаар (tuyaar)

See also

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ït	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*torgay”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 490
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 550