Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yulduŕ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *yultuŕ

Etymology

Analysable as *yul-du-ŕ; suffix *-du-ŕ ~ *-dï-ŕ occuring in various planet names as well.

First part of the Turkic word might be comparable to Proto-Mongolic *ho-dun if from earlier *hol-dun. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*yulduŕ

1. star

Declension

Declension of *yulduŕ

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yulduŕ
Accusative	*yulduŕnu, *yulduŕnug 1)
Genitive	*yulduŕnuŋ
Dative	*yulduŕka
Locative	*yulduŕda
Ablative	*yulduŕtan
Allative	*yulduŕgaru
Instrumental 2)	*yulduŕun
Equative 2)	*yulduŕča

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many 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

• *yuldrï- (“to shine”)
• *yuldura- (“to shine”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:
  • Khalaj: yulduz
  • Old Uyghur: ywltwz (yultuz)
  • Karakhanid: يُلْدُزْ‎ (yulduz)
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: یادوز‎ (yïlduz)
        • Azerbaijani: ulduz
        • Ottoman Turkish: یلدز‎ (yıldız)
          • Gagauz: yıldız
          • Turkish: yıldız
    • East Oghuz:
      • Turkmen: ýyldyz
      • Salar: يولتوز‎ (yultuz)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak
      • Tatar: йолдыз (yoldız)
      • Bashkir: йондоҙ (yondoð)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Crimean Tatar: юлдуз/yulduz
      • Karaim: יִילְדִיז‎ (yīldīz)
      • Karachay-Balkar: жулдуз (julduz)
      • Kumyk: юлдуз (yulduz)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: жұлдыз (jūldyz)
      • Karakalpak: жулдыз/juldız
      • Nogai: юлдыз (yuldız)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Southern Altai: јылдыс (ǰïldïs)
      • Kyrgyz: жылдыз (jıldız)
  • Karluk:
    • Chagatai: یولدوز‎ (yulduz)
      • Uyghur: يۇلتۇز‎ (yultuz)
      • Uzbek: yulduz/юлдуз (yulduz)
  • Siberian:
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (yuldïs)
    • Khakas: чылтыс (çıltıs)
    • Shor: чылтыс
    • Tofa: сылтыс
    • Yakut: сулус (sulus)
    • Dolgan: һулус (hulus)
    • Tuvan: сылдыс (sıldıs)
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫӑлтӑр (śălt̬ăr)

References

• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*jul-duŕ (*-dɨŕ)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “yultuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 922