Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sal- (to put, throw, drop, lower).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sal-, to let go, free, lower), Old Uyghur [script needed] (sal-, to swing) Azerbaijani salmaq (to drop, lower), Bashkir һалыу (halıw, to put), Crimean Tatar salmaq (to put), Chuvash сулма (sulma, to swing, throw, put, impose), Karaim sal-, Karachay-Balkar салыргъа (salırğa), Kumyk салмакъ (salmaq), Azerbaijani salmaq, Turkish salmak, Turkmen salmak (to put, place), Salar sal, Tuvan салыр (salır, to put, place, let go), Uzbek solmoq.

Verb

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салар (salar)

  1. to put, to lay

References

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