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.

Noun

*yulduŕ

1. star

Declension

Declension of *yulduŕ

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yulduŕ
Accusative	*yulduŕug, *yulduŕnï1)
Genitive	*yulduŕnuŋ
Dative	*yulduŕka
Locative	*yulduŕta
Ablative	*yulduŕtan
Allative	*yulduŕgaru
Instrumental 2)	*yulduŕun
Equative 2)	*yulduŕča
Similative 2)	*yulduŕlayu
Comitative 2)	*yulduŕlugu

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

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

Descendants

• Common Turkic:
  • Khalaj: [script needed] (yulduz)
  • Old Uyghur: ywltwz (yultuz)
  • Karakhanid: يُلْدُزْ (yulduz)
  • Oghuz:
    • Ottoman Turkish: یلدز
      • Turkish: yıldız
    • Azerbaijani: ulduz/улдуз
    • Gagauz: yıldız
    • Turkmen: ýyldyz
    • Salar: يولتوز (yultuz)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak
      • Tatar: йолдыз (yoldız)
      • Bashkir: йондоҙ (yondoź)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Crimean Tatar: юлдуз/yulduz
      • Karaim: יִילְדִיז (yīldīz)
      • Karachay-Balkar: жулдуз (julduz)
      • Kumyk: yulduz
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: жұлдыз (jūldyz)
      • Karakalpak: 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