Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yürek

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

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Noun

*yürek

  1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

Declension of *yürek
singular 3)
nominative *yürek
accusative *yürekig, *yürekni1)
genitive *yürekniŋ
dative *yürekke
locative *yürekde
ablative *yürekden
allative *yürekgerü
instrumental 2) *yürekin
equative 2) *yürekče
similative 2) *yürekleyü
comitative 2) *yürekligü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Proto-Mongolic: *ǰirüken[1] (see there for further descendants)
  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic:

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yürek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük