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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čiāk

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *čag (“time”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*čiāk

  1. time, measure
  2. precisely, exactly

Declension
Declension of *čiāk
Singular 3)
Nominative *čiāk
Accusative *čiāknï, *čiākïg 4), *čiāknïg 1)
Genitive *čiāknïŋ
Dative *čiākka
Locative *čiākda
Ablative *čiākdan
Allative *čiākgaru
Instrumental 2) *čiākïn
Equative 2) *čiākča
Similative 2) *čiāklayu
Comitative 2) *čiāklïgu
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
  • →? Proto-Mongolic: *čag (“time”)
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: [script needed] (čox)
  • Common Turkic:

References
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čiāk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 404
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