< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic
Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āl
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Some Proto-Turkic words that start with a vowel, can be compared to Proto-Mongolic initial-h, Proto-Tungusic initial-p. For example; Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”), Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) (cf. Manchu ᡶᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (fulgiyan), Mongolian улаан (ulaan); Proto-Mongolic *hüker (“ox”), Proto-Tungusic *pukur (“cow”), Proto-Turkic *öküŕ (“ox”) etc.
Adjective
*āl
- red, scarlet
Descendants
- Old Turkic: 𐰞 (āl)
- Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
- Azerbaijani: al
- Ottoman Turkish: آل (al)
- Turkish: al
- → Albanian: all
- → Armenian: ալ (al)
- →⇒ Greek: άλικος (álikos, “crimson”)
- → Persian: آل (âl)
- Gagauz: al
- East Oghuz:
- Turkmen: āl
- West Oghuz:
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- Bashkir: ал (al)
- Tatar: ал (al)
- North Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (al, “bright red”)
- → Mongolian: ал (al)
- → Russian: алый (alyj)
See also
*āk, *ürüŋ | *boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń | *kara |
*kïŕïl; *āl | *koŋur, *yạgïŕ | *siarïg, *yẹgren |
*yāĺïl | ||
*kȫk | ||
*(y)ip- |
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*āl”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill