Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āl

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

Adjective

*āl

1. red, scarlet

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: al
    • → Persian: آل
    • Ottoman Turkish: آل (al), ալ (al) — Armeno-Turkish
      • Turkish: al
      • → Albanian: all
      • → Armenian: ալ (al)
      • → Greek: άλικος (álikos, “crimson”)
    • Gagauz: al
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: āl
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ал (al)
    • Tatar: ал (al)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰞 (āl)
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽰𐾁 (al)
• → Mongolian: ал (al)
• Old East Slavic: алъ (alŭ, “bright red; crimson”)
  • → Russian: алый (alyj)
    • → Ingrian: aaloi
    • → Komi-Permyak: а́лӧй (álöj)
    • → Komi-Yazva: а́лөй (álåj)

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *boduglar, *bodugsāyïn (layout · text)

*āk, *ürüŋ	*boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń	*kara
*kïŕïl; *āl	*koŋur, *yạgïŕ	*sārïg, *yẹgren
	*yāĺïl
	*kȫk
	*(y)ip-

References

• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*āl”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill