Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kirpik

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

Clauson suggests a diminutive formation *kirpi (“hedgehog”) +‎ *-k.

Nishanyan and ESTJa instead suggest a derivation *kïrp- (“to shave; to wink”) +‎ *-k, however this should've yielded the earliest form *kïrpuk.

Noun

*kirpik

(anatomy) eyelash

Declension

Declension of *kirpik
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*kirpik
accusative	kirpikig, kirpikni¹⁾
genitive	*kirpikniŋ
dative	*kirpikke
locative	*kirpikde
ablative	*kirpikden
allative	*kirpikgerü
instrumental ²⁾	*kirpikin
equative ²⁾	*kirpikče
similative ²⁾	*kirpikleyü
comitative ²⁾	*kirpikligü

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: хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: kirpik
Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (kirpik)
    - Azerbaijani: kirpik
    - Ottoman Turkish: كرپك (kirpik)
      - Turkish: kirpik
      - Gagauz: kirpik
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: kirpik
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (kirpik)
  - Chagatai: [script needed] (kirpik)
    - Uyghur: كىرپىك (kirpik)
    - Uzbek: kiprik
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Tatar: керфек (kerfek)
  - Bashkir: керпек (kerpek)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimeaic Kipchak:
    - Crimean Tatar: kirpik
    - Urum: кирпиг (kirpig)
  - Karachay-Balkar: кирпик (kirpik)
  - Kumyk: кирпик (kirpik)
- South Kipchak:
  - - Karakalpak: кирпик
    - Kazakh: кірпік (kırpık)
    - Nogai: киприк (kiprik)
  - East Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: кирпик (kirpik)
    - Southern Altai: кирбик (kirbik)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Uyghur: kyrpyk (kirpik)
    - Western Yugur: kərmək
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tofa: чыыпық
    - Tuvan: кирбик (kirbik)
  - Yeniseian Turkic:
    - Khakas: кірбік (kìrbìk)
    - Shor: кирбик

References

Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 74
Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 272
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kirpik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kirpik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 737
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kirpik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük