Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bālïkčï

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

From *bālïk (“fish”) +‎ *-čï (“occupational suffix”).

Noun

*bālïkčï

1. fisherman

Declension

Declension of *bālïkčï

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*bālïkčï
Accusative	*bālïkčïg, *bālïkčïnï1)
Genitive	*bālïkčïnïŋ
Dative	*bālïkčïka
Locative	*bālïkčïda
Ablative	*bālïkčïdan
Allative	*bālïkčïgaru
Instrumental 2)	*bālïkčïn
Equative 2)	*bālïkčïča
Similative 2)	*bālïkčïlayu
Comitative 2)	*bālïkčïlïgu

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.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: пулӑҫӑ (pulăś̬ă)
• Common Turkic:

• Proto-Oghuz: *bālïkčï
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: balıqçı
      • Ottoman Turkish: بالقجی (balıkçı)
        • Turkish: balıkçı
        • → Armenian: պալըխճի (paləxči), բալըխչի (baləxčʻi)
        • → Ladino: balukchí
        • → Serbo-Croatian:

          Latin script: balùgdžija

          Cyrillic script: балу̀гџија

        • Gagauz: balıkçı
  • East Oghuz:
    • Salar:
    • Turkmen: bālykçy
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (balıqçı)
    • Uyghur: بېلىقچى (bëliqchi)
    • Uzbek: baliqchi
• Kypchak:
  • North Kypchak:
    • Bashkir: балыҡсы (balıqsı)
    • Tatar: балыкчы (balıqçı)
  • Kypchak-Cuman:
    • Crimean Tatar: balıqçı
    • Kumyk: балыкъчы (balıqçı)
  • Kypchak-Nogai:
    • Kazakh: балықшы (balyqşy)
    • Karakalpak: balıqşı
  • Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: балыкчы (balıkcı)
    • Southern Altai: балыкчы (balïkčï)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (balïqčï)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: балыксыт (balıksıt)
    • Dolgan: балыксыт (balıksıt)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: балыкчы (balıkçı)