Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āla

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

*āla

1. variegated

Derived terms

• *ālača

Descendants

• →? Classical Mongolian: [script needed] (alag)
• →? Hungarian: Alacs (“proper noun”)
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ула (ula, “speckled”)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • ⇒ Khalaj: hâla bula
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: ala
    • Ottoman Turkish: آلا (ala)
      • Turkish: ala, alaca
      • Gagauz: alaca
  • Turkmen: āla, ālaça
  • Salar: ala
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (ala)
    • Uzbek: ola
    • Uyghur: ئالا (ala)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak
    • Tatar: ала (ala)
    • Bashkir: ала (ala)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: ala
    • Kumyk: ала (ala)
    • Karachay-Balkar: ала (ala)
    • Karaim: ала
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: ala
      • Kazakh: ала (ala)
      • Nogai: ала (ala)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ала (ala)
      • Southern Altai: ала (ala)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ala)
    • Western Yugur: ala
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: ала (ala)
  • South Siberan:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: ала (ala)
      • Tofa: ала
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: ала (ala)
      • Shor: ала

References

• Ünal, O. (2019). Klasik ve Orta Moğolca Söz Varlığında Türkçe Kökenli Kelimeler I (A–D). Journal of Old Turkic Studies, 3(2), 520.
• Csáki, é. (2013). Macarca’daki Yer Adlarına ve Ad Verme Geleneklerine Dair. Dil Araştırmaları, 13(13), 37-44.
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āla”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill