Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tur-

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.

*tur-

1. (intransitive) to stand

• In some way this verb had been turn to an auxiliary verb in both noun and verb sentences.

in verb sentence:

1. *Bu(-n) kēče yagmur yaga turur.

   It is raining tonight.

in noun sentence: (Equivalent to is)

1. *Bu(-n) kiĺi beniŋ ākam-tur.

   This person is my elder brother.

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тӑр (tăr)
• Common Turkic:

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 529-530
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 500
• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 296-301
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill