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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/k(i)aya

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (rock) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (rock). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Helimski (1995) suggests a borrowing from Proto-Samoyedic *koəjə (mountain).

Noun

*k(i)aya

  1. rock
  2. mountain

Declension

Descendants

  • Common Turkic: *kaya
  • Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: qaya
    • Ottoman Turkish: قیا (kaya), قایا (kaya)
    • Turkmen: gaýa
  • Karluk:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qaya)
    • Uzbek: qoya
  • Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: qaya
    • Karachay-Balkar: къая (qaya)
    • Bashkir: ҡая (qaya)
    • Tatar: кыя (qıya)
  • Siberian:

References

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)aja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.
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