Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čï̄pgan

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

Probably comes from an ancient dead verb used to denominate the body's response to a mosquito bite, *čï̄p- +‎ *-gan. Related to Proto-Turkic *čï̄pïn (“fly; gad-fly; mosquito”), Azerbaijani çibin. Compare also Proto-Mongolic *ciyigan (“tumour, albugo”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*čï̄pgan

1. furuncle
2. rash, pimple

Declension

Declension of *čï̄pgan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*čï̄pgan
Accusative	*čï̄pgannï, *čï̄pganïg 4), *čï̄pgannïg 1)
Genitive	*čï̄pgannïŋ
Dative	*čï̄pganka
Locative	*čï̄pganta
Ablative	*čï̄pgantan
Allative	*čï̄pgangaru
Instrumental 2)	*čï̄pganïn
Equative 2)	*čï̄pganča
Similative 2)	*čï̄pganlayu
Comitative 2)	*čï̄pganlïgu

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: ҫăпан (śăpan)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: çiban, çivzə
    • Ottoman Turkish: چبان
      • Gagauz: çıban
      • Turkish: çıban
      • → Armenian: չիբան (čʻiban)
  • Turkmen: çȳban
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: جِبقان (çıpqan)
    • Uzbek: chipqon
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: себешке (sebeşke), сәбәртеү (səbərtew, “to become a rash on lips”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: шиқан (şiqan)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: чибишке (čibiške)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: шибишки
      • Tuvan: шивишки (şivişki)
• → Proto-Mongolic: *ciyigan
  • → Southern Altai: чыйыкан (čïyïkan)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 448