Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/orman

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 Proto-Turkic *or- +‎ *-man.

Noun

*orman

forest

Declension

Declension of *orman

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*orman
Accusative	ormannï, ormannïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*ormannïŋ
Dative	*ormanka
Locative	*ormanta
Ablative	*ormantan
Instrumental ²⁾	*ormanïn
Equative ²⁾	*ormanča

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many 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.

Descendants

Oghur
- Chuvash: вӑрман (vărman)
Common Turkic

- Medieval:
  - Old Turkic: [script needed] (orman)
- Oghuz:
  - Turkish: orman
  - Azerbaijani: orman (poetic)
  - Turkmen: ormon (dialectal)
  - Gagauz: orman (“vegetable garden”)
  - Salar: ormän
- Karluk:
  - Uyghur: ئورمان‎ (orman)
  - Uzbek: oʻrmon
Kypchak:
- North Kipchak
  - Tatar: урман (urman)
  - Bashkir: урман (urman)
- South Kipchak
  - Kazakh: орман (orman)
  - Karakalpak: орман, orman
  - Nogai: орман (orman)
- East Kipchak
  - Kyrgyz: ормон (ormon)
- West Kipchak
  - Crimean Tatar: orman
  - Kumyk: орман (orman)

References

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