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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yalïŋ

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

From *yal- (“to burn, blaze”) +‎ *-ïn.

Noun

*yalïn

1. flame

Declension

Declension of *yalïn

	singular 3)
nominative	*yalïn
accusative	*yalïnïg, *yalïnnï1)
genitive	*yalïnnïŋ
dative	*yalïnka
locative	*yalïnta
ablative	*yalïntan
allative	*yalïngaru
instrumental 2)	*yalïnïn
equative 2)	*yalïnča
similative 2)	*yalïnlayu
comitative 2)	*yalïnlïgu

¹⁾ Originally used only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫулӑм (śulăm)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: یالك (yalıñ), یالم (yalım)
      • Turkish: yalın, yalım
      • Gagauz: yalın
  • Turkmen: ýalyn
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yalın)
    • Uzbek: yaling (dialect)
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: ялын (yalın)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (yalın)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: jalın
      • Kazakh: жалын (jalyn)
      • Nogai: ялын (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: чалын (çalın)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: чалын (çalın)

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