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Language Citation Form Standardized Form
Afghan Uzbek (Sar-e Pol) mis mis
Afšār-e Nānakčī mis mis
Altay jec ďes
Azerbaijani mis mis
Baraba Tatar пақыр, бақыр paqïr, baqïr
Bashkir баҡыр baqïr
Chagatay ميس mis
Chuvash пӑхӑр păxăr
Crimean Karaim бакъыр baqïr
Crimean Tatar baqır baqïr
Cuman yes yes
Dolgan altan altan
Fu-yü Gïrgïs jes ǰes
Gagauz bakır bakïr
Georgian Urum med, paxɯr med, paxïr
Halych Karaim багъыр baɣïr
Ili Salar ti̥ʃ tiš
Jungar Tuvan žes žes
Karachay-Balkar багъыр baɣïr
Karakalpak мыс mïs
Karakhanid baqir baqir
Kazakh бақыр, жез, мыс baqïr, žez, mïs
Khakas чис čis
Khalaj mis mis
Khorasani Turkic - NW Dialect mịs, mis mịs, mis
Krymchak baqïr baqïr
Kumandy-Kizhi чес, чис, ис čes, čis, is
Kumyk багъыр baɣïr
Kuu-Kizhi йес yes
Kyrgyz жез ǰez
Mishär Tatar bakïr bakïr
Mogholi mįs mįs
Mrass Shor чес čes
Nogay бакыр bakïr
Old Uyghur bakır, kızıl bakır, tuč bakïr, kïzïl bakïr, tuč
Sakha алтан, дьэс altan, dʼes
Salar qi* či
Siberian Tatar пағыр, йес paɣïr, yes
Sonqori mis mis
Soyot чес, ҷес čes, ǰes
Tatar бакыр bakïr
Teleut қуул quul
Tòfa чес čes
Trakai Karaim багъыр baɣïr
Turkish bakır bakïr
Turkmen mis mīθ
Tuvan чес, хола čes, xola
Urum (Azovian) бағыр, бахыр, җез baɣïr, baxïr, ǰez
Uyghur مىس mis
Uzbek mis mis
Western Yugur qola, qula qola, qula
Xyzyl пахыр pāɣïr

copper

медь Kupfer cuivre

Doerfer list no. 270


Oldest attested form is bakïr; this is found in most branches and is likely the proto-form.

Forms like *yes are likely form an early borrowing from Tocharian *yäs (Tocharian A wäs, Tocharian B yasa). This is a cognate of Latin aurum "gold". See also Mongolian зэс ᠵᠡᠰ, Moksha Mordvin śerä.

Forms like mis are borrowed from Persian مس.

"Natural copper ore macro" by Jonathan Zander is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5/cropped from original with element information added.


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