Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bek

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

Adjective

*bek

1. firm, solid

Descendants

• Common Turkic: *bek

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: bək
• Oghuz:
  • Proto-Oghuz: *bek
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: بك, پك
      • Azerbaijani: pək
      • Ottoman Turkish: پك (pek), بك (bek)
        • Turkish: pek
    • Turkmen: berk, bek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بِكْ (bék)
    • Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (bek)
      • Chagatai: بك (bek)
        • Uyghur: بەك (bek)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: بك (bäk)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: бик (bik)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Kumyk: бек (bek)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: бек (bek)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: бек (bek)
        • Southern Altai: бек (bek)
• Siberian Turkic:
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (bek)

• ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *bekle-

• Oghuz: بَكْلَنْماكْ (beklenmēk, “to indurate”), بَكْلَشْماكْ (bekleşmēk, “to make a pact”)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: بكلهمك (“to hide; to conserve”)
    • Azerbaijani: bəkləmək (“to conserve; to watch”)
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: beklemek (“to wait; to conserve, watch; to expect”), beklenmek, bekleşmek
  • Salar: bekle, bekleş, beklet
  • Turkmen: beklemek (“to lock; to attach, to link”), beklenmek, bekleşmek

References

• 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, volume II, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 239
• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977