Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-rak

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

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*-rak *-rek

Suffix

*-rak

  1. Marks the comparative degree of adjectives. Equivalent to English -er.
    ‎*eskü (“old”) + ‎*-rak → ‎*eskürek (“older”)
    ‎*tātlïg (“tasty”) + ‎*-rak → ‎*tātlïgrak (“tastier”)

Derived terms

  • *-tï-rak

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: -рах (-rah), -рех (-reh)
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: -راق (-raq)
        • Azerbaijani: -raq, -rək (archaic) as in yaxşıraq (“better”)
        • Ottoman Turkish:
          • Turkish: sarımtırak
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: -раҡ (-raq), -рәк (-rək)
      • Tatar: -рак (-raq), -рәк (-räk)
    • East Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: -раак (-raak), -рээк (-reek)
      • Southern Altai: -арык (-arïk), -ерик (-yerik), -ӧрик (-örik)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: -рақ (-raq), -рек (-rek)
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