Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kulun

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

Perhaps may be comparable to Proto-Mongolic *kulan (“ass”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kulun

1. foal (baby horse)

Declension

Declension of *kulun

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kulun
Accusative	*kulunug, *kulunnï1)
Genitive	*kulunnuŋ
Dative	*kulunka
Locative	*kulunta
Ablative	*kuluntan
Allative	*kulungaru
Instrumental 2)	*kulunun
Equative 2)	*kulunča
Similative 2)	*kulunlayu
Comitative 2)	*kulunlugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *kulunčak
  • Kazakh: құлыншақ (qūlynşaq)
  • Tofa: һулуньҷаӄ (hulunjak)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: хӑм (hăm)
• Common Turkic:

• Proto-Oghuz: *kulun
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: qulun, qulan
    • Ottoman Turkish: قولون (kulun)
      • Turkish: kulun
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: gulun
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: قُلُنْ (qulun)
    • Uyghur: قۇلۇن (qulun)
    • Uzbek: qulun
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ҡолон (qolon)
    • Tatar: колын (qolın)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: къулан (qulan)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Nogai: кулын (kulın)
    • Kazakh: құлын (qūlyn)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: кулун (kulun)
    • Southern Altai: кулун (kulun)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (qulun)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: кулун (kulun)
    • Yakut: кулун (kulun)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: һулун (hulun)
      • Tuvan: хулун (xulun)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: хулун (xulun)
      • Shor: қулун (qulun)

See also

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ï̄t	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 622
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, pages 132-133
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kulum”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 506-507