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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

This root, according to Yegorov (1964), is one of the oldest Turkic words and it is registered in almost all Turkic languages.

The plural form, *ēren, is compared to Mongolian (aran) by Nişanyan.

Noun

*ēr

  1. man

Declension

Declension of *ēr
singular 3)
nominative *ēr
accusative *ērig, *ērni1)
genitive *ērniŋ
dative *ērke
locative *ērte
ablative *ērten
allative *ērgerü
instrumental 2) *ērin
equative 2) *ērče
similative 2) *ērleyü
comitative 2) *ērligü
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.

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ар (ar)
  • Middle Turkic: er
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: ار (er)
      • Azerbaijani: ər
      • Ottoman Turkish: ار (er)
        • Turkish: er
    • Turkmen: är
    • Salar: er
  • Karluk:
  • Kypchak:
    • North Kypchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kipchak-Nogai:
        • Karakalpak: er
        • Kazakh: ер (er)
        • Nogai: эр (ér)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: эр (er)
        • Southern Altai: эр (er)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: er
      • Karachay-Balkar: эр (er)
      • Karaim:
        • Cyrillic script: эр
        • Latin script: er
      • Kumyk: эр (er)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰼 (er)
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽾 (ʾr /⁠er⁠/)
      • Western Yugur: erə (erï)
        • Western Yugur: eren (eren, husband)
      • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽱𐽽𐽶 (ʾr ʾβcy /⁠er-evči⁠/, wife and husband, literally man and the house-person)
        • Western Yugur: erehpdʐi (ereʰpǯi, married couple)
    • North Siberian Turkic:
    • South Siberian Turkic:
      • Sayan:
        • Tofa: эр
        • Tuvan: эр (er) (Kyzyl, Soyot)
      • Yenisei:
  • Proto-Turkic: *ēren (men) (the irregular plural form)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eren”, in Nişanyan Sözlük