Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kȫkerčin

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 *kȫker- (“to turn blue”) +‎ *-čin, from *kȫk (“blue”) +‎ *-er.

Noun

*kȫkerčin

dove, pigeon

Declension

Declension of *kȫkerčin
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*kȫkerčin
accusative	kȫkerčinig, kȫkerčinni¹⁾
genitive	*kȫkerčinniŋ
dative	*kȫkerčinke
locative	*kȫkerčinte
ablative	*kȫkerčinten
allative	*kȫkerčingerü
instrumental ²⁾	*kȫkerčinin
equative ²⁾	*kȫkerčinče
similative ²⁾	*kȫkerčinleyü
comitative ²⁾	*kȫkerčinligü

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

Oghur:
- Chuvash: кӑвакарчӑн (kăvak̬arč̬ăn)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: kö̂kərçik
Proto-Oghuz: *göɣerčin
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish:
    - Azerbaijani: göyərçin
      - → Khalaj: gövərçin
    - Ottoman Turkish: گوگرجین (güvercin), կիւվէրճին (güvercin), կէօվէրճին (gövercin) — Armeno-Turkish
      - Turkish: güvercin
      - → Armenian: կիւվէրճին (kiwvērčin), կէօվէրճին (kēōvērčin)
      - → Laz: ჯუვერჯინი (cuvercini)
    - Turkmeneli Turkish: göğerçin^[1]
- East Oghuz:
  - Salar: gürgüncük
  - Turkmen: gögerçin
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: күгәрсен (kügərsen)
  - Tatar: күгәрчен (kügärçen)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: gögercin, kögerçin
  - Karachay-Balkar: кёгюрчюн (kögürçün)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (kürgüçün)
  - Kumyk: гёгюрчюн (gögürçün)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: көгершін (kögerşın)
  - Nogai: коьгершин (kögerşin)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: көгүчкөн (kögückön)
  - Southern Altai: кӧгӧрчин (kögörčin)
Siberian:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Old Uyghur:
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (köküšken, köküškön)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: көгээзин (kögeezin, “wild pigeon”)


dog: *ï̄t	hunting dog: *eker	hen: *tiakïgu
lark: *torgay	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	quail: *bïldurčïn
sparrow: *serče	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	goose: *kāŕ
wolf: *bȫrü	cow: *ingek	calf: *buŕagu
camel: *tebe	young of camel: kȫĺek, botu	horse: *at
foal: *kulun	worm: *kūrt	snake: *yï̄lan
fox: *tilkü	goat: *keči	he-goat: *teke
lion: *arsïlan	fish: *bālïk	carp bream: *čapak
donkey: *eĺčgek	carp: *siāŕgan	catfish: *yāyïn
beaver: *kunduŕ	hedgehog: *kirpi	badger: *borsmuk
fly, mosquito: *siŋek	wasp, bee: *ārï	gadfly: *bȫgen
moth: *küńe	louse: *bït	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
yak: *kotuz	colt: *sïp	dragon: *siāŕgan
worm: *kūrt	deer: keyik, sïgun, bulan, bugu	lizard: *keleŕ

References

^ “göğerçin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 6, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, page 2169a, marked as "*Erciş -Van, Kerkük"

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “Proto-Turkic/kȫkerčin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 393

[1] “göğerçin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 6, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, page 2169a, marked as "*Erciş -Van, Kerkük"

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