Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yapalak

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

*yapalak

  1. (Kipchak) owl
    Synonym: *ǖgi
  2. (Oghuz, Kipchak) eagle owl
  3. (Kipchak) a hairy, wooly little ball

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz: *yapalak
    • Azerbaijani: yapalaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: يپلق
      • Turkish: yapalak
  • Kipchak: *yabalak
    • Yabaku-Kimek Karakhanid: يَباقُلَقْ (yapāqulaq)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: ябалаҡ (yabalaq)
      • Tatar: япалак (yapalaq)
    • Cuman: yabalac
      • Mamluk-Kipchak: يبلاق (yabalaq)
      • Crimean Tatar: yapalaq
      • Kumyk: ябалакъ (yabalaq)
    • South Kipchak:

References

  • Anetshofer, H. (2022). Türkçe yapağı, yapalak, ve lapa lapa (kar yağmak) sözcükleri nasıl ortak bir kökene dayanıyor?. Zemin, (3), 24–47. [1]
  • Argunşah, Mustafa, Güner, Galip (2015) Codex Cumanicus (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1491), 2022 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, →ISBN
  • al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943