Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/belgü

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

From *bel- +‎ *-gü.

Noun

*belgü

  1. sign, omen

Declension

Declension of *belgü
singular 3)
nominative *belgü
accusative *belgüg, *belgüni1)
genitive *belgüniŋ
dative *belgüke
locative *belgüde
ablative *belgüden
allative *belgügerü
instrumental 2) *belgün
equative 2) *belgüče
similative 2) *belgüleyü
comitative 2) *belgüligü
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

  • Common Turkic: *belgü, *belgür-
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: bəlirmək, bəlgiyyə
      • Ottoman Turkish:
    • Turkmen: belgi
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: بَلْكُ (belgü), بَلْكُرْماكْ (belgürmek)
      • Uzbek: belgi
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (bälgü)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (belgü)
    • North Siberian:

References