Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tōzan

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 *tōz +‎ *-an.

Noun

*tōzan (Common Turkic)

1. dust

Declension

Declension of *tōzan (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*tōzan	*tōzanlar
accusative
genitive	*tōzannïŋ	*tōzanlarnïŋ
dative	*tōzanka	*tōzanlarka
locative	*tōzanda	*tōzanlarda
ablative	*tōzandan	*tōzanlardan
instrumental1)		*tōzanlarïn
equative1)	*tōzanča	*tōzanlarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: توزانك (tozañ)
    • Uyghur: توزاڭ (tozang)
    • Uzbek: toʻzon
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: тузан (tuzan)
      • → Chuvash: тусан (tus̬an)
    • Bashkir: туҙан (tuźan)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: тозаң (tozañ)
    • Nogai: тозан (tozan)
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: توزان
      • Turkish: tozan (“dusty place”)
  • Turkmen: tozan