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

Compared to Proto-Japonic *kuro,[1] however, the Altaic hypothesis is not accepted by many scholars.

May be related to Khitan 黑 (kara, “west”) since colors indicate direction in Turkic mythology.[2]

Adjective

*kara

  1. black

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

  • *kapkara (“jet-black”) (intensified adjectival form)
  • *karaŋu (“dark”)

Descendants

  • → Proto-Mongolic: *kara[3]
  • Oghur
    • Proto-Oghur: *χara
      • Khazar
      • Proto-Bulgar: *χåra
        • Bulgar
          • Danube Bulgar:
          • Volga Bulgar:
        • Old Chuvash: *χåra
          • Middle Chuvash: *χora
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *kara

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *boduglar, *bodugsāyïn (layout · text)
     *āk, *ürüŋ      *boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń      *kara
             *kïŕïl; *āl              *koŋur, *yạgïŕ              *sārïg, *yẹgren
                          *yāĺïl             
                          *kȫk             
                          *(y)ip-             

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kara”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ https://www.turkedebiyati.org/turk-kulturunu-hangi-renkler-anlatir/
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
  4. ^ Валентин Иванович Рассадин (2005) Словарь тофаларско-русский и русско-тофаларский, page 42
  • Agyágasi, Klára (2019), Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 226
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