Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/altun
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Proto-Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely related to Proto-Mongolic *altan (“gold”).[1] Compare Mongolian алт (alt), Dongxiang antang and Daur alt. Also compare Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ), which belongs here if the Proto-Turkic word is a compound *āl (“scarlet, red”) + *tun (bronze).[2]
Noun
[edit]*altun
- gold (metal)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *altun
Singular 3) | |
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Nominative | *altun |
Accusative | *altunug, *altunnï1) |
Genitive | *altunnuŋ |
Dative | *altunka |
Locative | *altunta |
Ablative | *altuntan |
Allative | *altungaru |
Instrumental 2) | *altunun |
Equative 2) | *altunča |
Similative 2) | *altunlayu |
Comitative 2) | *altunlugu |
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.
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.
Descendants
[edit]- Oghur:
- Common Turkic: *altun
See also
[edit]Minerals in Proto-Turkic | |||||
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stone: *tiāĺ |
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iron: *temür |
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silver: *kümüĺ |
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gold: *altun |
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copper: *bakïr |
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chalk or earth: *bōr |
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coal: *kömür |
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salt: *tūŕ |
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lead: *korguĺčïn |
References
[edit]- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “altuːn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)[1], volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[2], Utrecht: LOT