Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sïdïr-. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sıδır-, to skin, strip off, shovel up, slip), Azerbaijani sıyırmaq (to plane, shave), Chuvash шӑйӑрма (šăjărma, to scrape, abrade, strip), Khakas сызырарға (sızırarğa, to scrape, strip off), Kyrgyz сыйруу (sıyruu, to tear off), сыйыруу (sıyıruu, to strip), Turkmen syrmak (to sweep, shave).

Verb

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сыйырар (sïyïrar)

  1. to strip

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “сыйырар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN