Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sï̄gun
Proto-Turkic
editEtymology
editPossibly from *sïg- (“an ancient verb”) + *-un if related to *sïgïr (“cattle”).
Noun
edit*sï̄gun (Common Turkic)
Descendants
edit- Common Turkic: *sïgun
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
See also
editAnimals in Turkic | |||||
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dog: *ï̄t |
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hunting dog: *eker |
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hen: *tiakïgu |
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lark: *torgay |
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dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin |
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quail: *bïldurčïn |
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sparrow: *serče | hawk, falcon: *kïrguy |
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goose: *kāŕ | |
wolf: *bȫrü |
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cow: *ingek |
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calf: *buŕagu | |
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camel: *tebe |
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young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu |
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horse: *at |
foal: *kulun |
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worm: *kūrt |
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snake: *yï̄lan | |
fox: *tilkü | goat: *keči | he-goat: *teke | |||
lion: *arsïlan |
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fish: *bālïk | carp bream: *čapak | ||
donkey: *eĺčgek | carp: *siāŕgan | catfish: *yāyïn | |||
beaver: *kunduŕ | hedgehog: *kirpi | badger: *borsmuk | |||
fly, mosquito: *siŋek | wasp, bee: *ārï | gadfly: *bȫgen | |||
moth: *küńe | louse: *bït | earthworm: *sïbuĺgan | |||
yak: *kotuz | colt: *sïp | dragon: *siāŕgan | |||
worm: *kūrt | deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu | lizard: *keleŕ |
References
edit- ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 409
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 811
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 414-415
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sïg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill