Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kara-

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

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kara- (“to see”), Mongolian харах (xarax).[1] The absence of this word in older languages and its unusual structure suggest that it was borrowed from Mongolic during the Medieval era.[2]

Verb

*kara-

  1. (Common Turkic) to look
    Synonym: *bak-

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: قرمق (qaramaq), قرامق (qaramaq), قارامق (qaramaq)
      • Ottoman Turkish: قرامق (karamak)
      • Turkmen: garamak
  • Kipchak:
  • Karluk:

References

  1. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) “kara”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 235
  2. ^ Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 288-289
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