Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tīrek

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 Proto-Turkic *tīre- (“to support”) +‎ *-k.

Noun

*tīrek

1. support

Declension

Declension of *tīrek

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tīrek
Accusative	*tīrekni, *tīrekig 4), *tīreknig 1)
Genitive	*tīrekniŋ
Dative	*tīrekke
Locative	*tīrekde
Ablative	*tīrekden
Allative	*tīrekgerü
Instrumental 2)	*tīrekin
Equative 2)	*tīrekče
Similative 2)	*tīrekleyü
Comitative 2)	*tīrekligü

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: чарак (čarak)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: dirək
    • Ottoman Turkish: دیرك
      • Turkish: direk (“pole”)
      • Gagauz: direk
  • Salar: direk
  • Turkmen: dīrek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (tirek)
    • Uzbek: tirak
    • Uyghur: تىرەك (tirek)
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karaim: [script needed] (direk)
    • Kumyk: [script needed] (tirew)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: терәк (teräk)
    • Bashkir: терәк (terək)
    • → Chuvash: тӗрек (tĕrek)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: тірек (tırek)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (tirew)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: тирӱ (tirü) < *тире- + ӱ
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tirek)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: тирэх (tireq)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: тірег (tìreg)