"keleŕ" meaning in Proto-Turkic

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Noun

Etymology: According to Bonnman and Fries, borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”) around the time of the Xiōngnú Confederacy, from an Arinic language, for which compare Arin kere (“frog”). In light of Cypriot Turkish kelte, Tatar кәлтә (kältä) and Chuvash калта (kalt̬a), some suggest a hypothetical *kel- root, however it is a loanword from Persian کلته (“lame”). (See Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”) and Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”)) Etymology templates: {{bor+|trk-pro|qfa-yen-pro|*kʷetʳ-ja|nocap=1|t=frog, lizard}} borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”), {{cog|xrn|kere|t=frog}} Arin kere (“frog”), {{noncog|tt|кәлтә}} Tatar кәлтә (kältä), {{noncog|cv|калта}} Chuvash калта (kalt̬a), {{cog|fa|کلته|t=lame}} Persian کلته (“lame”), {{cog|tt|кәлтә елан|t=lizard (lit. short snake)}} Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”), {{cog|tr|kertenkele|t=lizard (lit. short lizard)}} Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *keleŕ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], keleŕ [nominative, singular], keleŕig [accusative, singular], keleŕni [accusative, singular], keleŕniŋ [genitive, singular], keleŕke [dative, singular], keleŕde [locative, singular], keleŕden [ablative, singular], keleŕgerü [allative, singular], keleŕin [instrumental, singular], keleŕče [equative, singular], keleŕleyü [error-unrecognized-form, singular], keleŕligü [comitative, singular]
  1. lizard Wikipedia link: Arin language, Cypriot Turkish, Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, Xiongnu, tr:Besim Atalay Tags: reconstruction
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn-pro",
            "2": "*kelez",
            "3": "*keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Common Turkic: *kelez, *keler",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Common Turkic: *kelez, *keler"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xgn",
            "2": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "keles"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mongolic: [Term?] (keles)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mongolic: [Term?] (keles)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "كلر",
            "tr": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish: كلر (keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish: كلر (keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kələz"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: kələz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: kələz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kelez",
            "3": "keler",
            "qq": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kelez, keler (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kelez, keler (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "كلته كلر",
            "3": "كرتكنه",
            "4": "كلتن كلر",
            "der": "1",
            "tr1": "kelte keler",
            "tr2": "kertekene",
            "tr3": "kelten keler"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلته كلر (kelte keler), كرتكنه (kertekene), كلتن كلر (kelten keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلته كلر (kelte keler), كرتكنه (kertekene), كلتن كلر (kelten keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kərtənkələ"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gag",
            "2": "kistenkelä"
          },
          "expansion": "Gagauz: kistenkelä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gagauz: kistenkelä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كرتنكلر",
            "3": "كرتنكله",
            "tr": "kertenkeler",
            "tr2": "kertenkele"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: كرتنكلر (kertenkeler), كرتنكله (kertenkele)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: كرتنكلر (kertenkeler), كرتنكله (kertenkele)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kertenkele"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kertenkele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kertenkele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "qwm-mam",
            "2": "كلاز",
            "3": "كَلَارْ",
            "tr2": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Mamluk-Kipchak: كلاز, كَلَارْ (keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mamluk-Kipchak: كلاز, كَلَارْ (keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Caspian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "кескелдек"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: кескелдек",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: кескелдек"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "келес"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: келес (keles)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: келес (keles)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "كَلَرْ",
            "t": "lizard",
            "tr": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: كَلَرْ (keler, “lizard”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: كَلَرْ (keler, “lizard”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "کلاس",
            "tr": "keläs"
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai: کلاس (keläs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai: کلاس (keläs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "kaltakesak"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: kaltakesak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: kaltakesak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كېلەر",
            "3": "كىلە"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: كېلەر (këler), كىلە (kile)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: كېلەر (këler), كىلە (kile)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-pro",
            "2": "*keleŕ-ge",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Turkic: *keleŕ-ge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Turkic: *keleŕ-ge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "келески"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: келески (keleski)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: келески (keleski)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oui",
            "2": "𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳",
            "ts": "käsilgü"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (kʾsylkw /⁠käsilgü⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (kʾsylkw /⁠käsilgü⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "kiselkə"
          },
          "expansion": "Western Yugur: kiselkə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Western Yugur: kiselkə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "2": "килеске"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: килеске (kileske)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: килеске (kileske)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "2": "хелеске"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: хелеске (xeleske)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: хелеске (xeleske)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "2": "келескен",
            "tr": "kelesken"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: келескен (kelesken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: келескен (kelesken)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "qfa-yen-pro",
        "3": "*kʷetʳ-ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "frog, lizard"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xrn",
        "2": "kere",
        "t": "frog"
      },
      "expansion": "Arin kere (“frog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tt",
        "2": "кәлтә"
      },
      "expansion": "Tatar кәлтә (kältä)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "калта"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash калта (kalt̬a)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کلته",
        "t": "lame"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian کلته (“lame”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tt",
        "2": "кәлтә елан",
        "t": "lizard (lit. short snake)"
      },
      "expansion": "Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "kertenkele",
        "t": "lizard (lit. short lizard)"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Bonnman and Fries, borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”) around the time of the Xiōngnú Confederacy, from an Arinic language, for which compare Arin kere (“frog”).\nIn light of Cypriot Turkish kelte, Tatar кәлтә (kältä) and Chuvash калта (kalt̬a), some suggest a hypothetical *kel- root, however it is a loanword from Persian کلته (“lame”). (See Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”) and Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”))",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕgerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*keleŕ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/keleŕ",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Turkic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Yeniseian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lizard"
      ],
      "id": "en-keleŕ-trk-pro-noun-uVy8~gzS",
      "links": [
        [
          "lizard",
          "lizard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Arin language",
        "Cypriot Turkish",
        "Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk",
        "Xiongnu",
        "tr:Besim Atalay"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keleŕ"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-cmn-pro",
            "2": "*kelez",
            "3": "*keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Common Turkic: *kelez, *keler",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Common Turkic: *kelez, *keler"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xgn",
            "2": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "keles"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mongolic: [Term?] (keles)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mongolic: [Term?] (keles)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Oghuz:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "كلر",
            "tr": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Anatolian Turkish: كلر (keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Anatolian Turkish: كلر (keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kələz"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: kələz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: kələz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kelez",
            "3": "keler",
            "qq": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kelez, keler (dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kelez, keler (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "كلته كلر",
            "3": "كرتكنه",
            "4": "كلتن كلر",
            "der": "1",
            "tr1": "kelte keler",
            "tr2": "kertekene",
            "tr3": "kelten keler"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلته كلر (kelte keler), كرتكنه (kertekene), كلتن كلر (kelten keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلته كلر (kelte keler), كرتكنه (kertekene), كلتن كلر (kelten keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kərtənkələ"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gag",
            "2": "kistenkelä"
          },
          "expansion": "Gagauz: kistenkelä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gagauz: kistenkelä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كرتنكلر",
            "3": "كرتنكله",
            "tr": "kertenkeler",
            "tr2": "kertenkele"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: كرتنكلر (kertenkeler), كرتنكله (kertenkele)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: كرتنكلر (kertenkeler), كرتنكله (kertenkele)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kertenkele"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kertenkele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kertenkele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "qwm-mam",
            "2": "كلاز",
            "3": "كَلَارْ",
            "tr2": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Mamluk-Kipchak: كلاز, كَلَارْ (keler)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mamluk-Kipchak: كلاز, كَلَارْ (keler)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Caspian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kaa",
            "2": "кескелдек"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakalpak: кескелдек",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakalpak: кескелдек"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "келес"
          },
          "expansion": "Kazakh: келес (keles)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kazakh: келес (keles)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Karluk:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xqa",
            "2": "كَلَرْ",
            "t": "lizard",
            "tr": "keler"
          },
          "expansion": "Karakhanid: كَلَرْ (keler, “lizard”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karakhanid: كَلَرْ (keler, “lizard”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "کلاس",
            "tr": "keläs"
          },
          "expansion": "Chagatai: کلاس (keläs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chagatai: کلاس (keläs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "kaltakesak"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: kaltakesak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: kaltakesak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كېلەر",
            "3": "كىلە"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: كېلەر (këler), كىلە (kile)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: كېلەر (këler), كىلە (kile)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-pro",
            "2": "*keleŕ-ge",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Turkic: *keleŕ-ge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Turkic: *keleŕ-ge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kipchak:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "alt",
            "2": "келески"
          },
          "expansion": "Southern Altai: келески (keleski)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southern Altai: келески (keleski)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Siberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oui",
            "2": "𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳",
            "ts": "käsilgü"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (kʾsylkw /⁠käsilgü⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽰𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (kʾsylkw /⁠käsilgü⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ybe",
            "2": "kiselkə"
          },
          "expansion": "Western Yugur: kiselkə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Western Yugur: kiselkə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kjh",
            "2": "килеске"
          },
          "expansion": "Khakas: килеске (kileske)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khakas: килеске (kileske)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tyv",
            "2": "хелеске"
          },
          "expansion": "Tuvan: хелеске (xeleske)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuvan: хелеске (xeleske)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cjs",
            "2": "келескен",
            "tr": "kelesken"
          },
          "expansion": "Shor: келескен (kelesken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shor: келескен (kelesken)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "qfa-yen-pro",
        "3": "*kʷetʳ-ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "frog, lizard"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xrn",
        "2": "kere",
        "t": "frog"
      },
      "expansion": "Arin kere (“frog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tt",
        "2": "кәлтә"
      },
      "expansion": "Tatar кәлтә (kältä)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "калта"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash калта (kalt̬a)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کلته",
        "t": "lame"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian کلته (“lame”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tt",
        "2": "кәлтә елан",
        "t": "lizard (lit. short snake)"
      },
      "expansion": "Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "kertenkele",
        "t": "lizard (lit. short lizard)"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Bonnman and Fries, borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian *kʷetʳ-ja (“frog, lizard”) around the time of the Xiōngnú Confederacy, from an Arinic language, for which compare Arin kere (“frog”).\nIn light of Cypriot Turkish kelte, Tatar кәлтә (kältä) and Chuvash калта (kalt̬a), some suggest a hypothetical *kel- root, however it is a loanword from Persian کلته (“lame”). (See Tatar кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard (lit. short snake)”) and Turkish kertenkele (“lizard (lit. short lizard)”))",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕniŋ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕgerü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕče",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕleyü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keleŕligü",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "trk-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*keleŕ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Turkic",
  "lang_code": "trk-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/keleŕ",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Turkic lemmas",
        "Proto-Turkic links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Proto-Turkic links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Proto-Turkic nouns",
        "Proto-Turkic terms borrowed from Proto-Yeniseian",
        "Proto-Turkic terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian",
        "Proto-Yeniseian links with redundant wikilinks",
        "trk-pro:Reptiles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lizard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lizard",
          "lizard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Arin language",
        "Cypriot Turkish",
        "Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk",
        "Xiongnu",
        "tr:Besim Atalay"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keleŕ"
}

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