Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āb

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 *aba (“hunt, chase”).

Noun

*āb

(Common Turkic) hunting, hunt, prey, chase

Declension

Declension of *āb (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural²⁾
nominative	*āb	*āblar
accusative
genitive	*ābnïŋ	*āblarnïŋ
dative	*ābka	*āblarka
locative	*ābda	*āblarda
ablative	*ābdan	*āblardan
instrumental¹⁾		*āblarïn
equative¹⁾	*ābča	*āblarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

*ābčï (“hunter”)

Descendants

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: ov
  - Ottoman Turkish: آو‎ (av)
    - Turkish: av
    - Gagauz: av
- Turkmen: āw
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: ااڤْ‎ (āv)
  - Uyghur: اۋ‎ (aw), ав (aw)
  - Uzbek: ov, ов (ov)
Kypchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Tatar: ав (aw)
  - Bashkir: ау (aw)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: av
  - Kumyk: ав (aw), гьав (haw)
  - Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (uv)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (av)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: ау (au)
    - Karakalpak: aw
    - Nogai: ав (av)
  - Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: уу (uu)
    - Southern Altai: уу (uu) hunt (with net)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰉‎ (ab)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (av)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Āb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), volume I, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 81