Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yān

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 *yā- +‎ *-n.

Noun

*yān

  1. side

Declension

Declension of *yān
singular 3)
nominative *yān
accusative *yānïg, *yānnï1)
genitive *yānnïŋ
dative *yānka
locative *yānta
ablative *yāntan
allative *yāngaru
instrumental 2) *yānïn
equative 2) *yānča
similative 2) *yānlayu
comitative 2) *yānlïgu
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.
  • *yāk

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ҫум (śum)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani:
        Azerbaijani: yan
      • Ottoman Turkish:
    • Turkmen: ýan
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: ян (yan)
      • Tatar:
        Cyrillic script: ян (yan)
        Latin script: yan
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Kumyk-Karachay:
      • Crimean Tatar:
        Crimean Tatar: yan-yanaşa (side by side)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Karakalpak:
        Karakalpak: жанбас (side of the body)
      • Kazakh:
        Kazakh: жан (jan)
      • Nogai: ян (yan)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (yan)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (yan)
    • South Siberian: