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Probably a diminutive form of an unknown root; *bur + *-čak. However, compare *bür(“bud, leaf”) and its derivative *bürtük(“grain”) for a similar semantic and morphological parallel. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
1) Originally only in pronominal declension. 2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages. 3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*burčak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill