Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bāla

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

Noun

*bāla

  1. young animal
  2. child
  3. wife's younger sister
  4. younger relative

Declension

Declension of *bāla
singular 3)
nominative *bāla
accusative *bālag, *bālanï1)
genitive *bālanïŋ
dative *bālaka
locative *bālada
ablative *bāladan
allative *bālagaru
instrumental 2) *bālan
equative 2) *bālača
similative 2) *bālalayu
comitative 2) *bālalïgu
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish::
      • Azerbaijani: bala
        • Armenian: բալա (bala)
        • Khalaj: bala
        • Talysh: balə
      • Ottoman Turkish: بالا (bala)
        • Turkish: bala (dialectal)
    • Salar: bala
    • Turkmen: bala
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (bala)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Western Yugur: mïla
      • Yenisei Turkic:

References