Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yalïn

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 *yal- (“to burn, blaze”) +‎ *-ïn.

Noun

*yalïn

1. flame

Declension

Declension of *yalïn

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yalïn
Accusative	*yalïnnï, *yalïnïg 4), *yalïnnïg 1)
Genitive	*yalïnnïŋ
Dative	*yalïnka
Locative	*yalïnta
Ablative	*yalïntan
Allative	*yalïngaru
Instrumental 2)	*yalïnïn
Equative 2)	*yalïnča
Similative 2)	*yalïnlayu
Comitative 2)	*yalïnlïgu

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: ҫулӑм (śulăm)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: یالك (yalıñ)
      • Turkish: yalın, yalım
      • Gagauz: yalın
  • Turkmen: ýalyn
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yalın)
    • Uzbek: yaling (dialect)
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (yalın)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (yalın)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: jali’n
      • Kazakh: жалын (jalyn)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (yalın)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: жалын (jalın)
      • Southern Altai: [script needed] (yalın)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (yalın)
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (yalın)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: [script needed] (čalɨn)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (čalɨn)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill