Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tūč
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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
The general consensus is that it is a native term. On the other hand, Doerfer considers it a borrowing from Middle Chinese 銅子 (MC duwng tsiX, “copper coin”), however note that the form tunč is a recent innovation prompted by vowel length.
Noun
*tūč
- (Common Turkic) a yellowish metal, presumably bronze
Descendants
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
- Azerbaijani: tunc
- Ottoman Turkish: توج, تونج (tunc, tunç), طونج (tunc, tunç)
- Turkish: tunç
- → Albanian: tuç, tunxh, tunsh, tuç, trunç, trunxh, truxh (archaic)
- → Arabic: تُوج (tūj), تُونْج (tunj) (archaic)
- → Armenian: թուջ (tʻuǰ)
- → Aromanian: tuciu, tunge, tungiu
- → Bulgarian: туч (tuč), тунч (tunč) (archaic)
- → Crimean Tatar: tunç, tuç
- → Georgian:
- → Greek: τούντζι (toúntzi), τούντζυ (toúntzy)
- → Kurdish:
- → Macedonian: туч (tuč) (archaic)
- → Persian: توج (tuj) (archaic)
- → Romanian: tuci
- → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
- West Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Karakhanid: تُوجْ (tūč)
- Chagatai: (tuč)
- Karakhanid: تُوجْ (tūč)
- Kipchak: (tuč)
- Siberian:
- >? Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰆𐰲 (tuč) (If not read artuč)
- Old Uyghur: (tuč)
- >? Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰆𐰲 (tuč) (If not read artuč)
See also
| Minerals in Proto-Turkic | |||||
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stone: *tāĺ |
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iron: *temür |
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silver: *kümüĺ |
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gold: *altūn |
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copper: *bakïr |
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chalk or earth: *bōr |
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coal: *kömür |
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salt: *tūŕ |
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lead: *korguĺčïn |
References
- ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 2007, pages 276-277
- ^ Tekin, Talât (1995) Mehmet Ölmez, editor, Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 159
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tu:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 449
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tunç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 499