Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sarïg

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Alternative reconstructions

*sārïg

Etymology

Derivation from Proto-Turkic *siaŕ(ï)- (“to become white, yellow”)^[1] +‎ *-g. Khalaj and Turkmen forms point to -/ā/-.

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *sïra (“yellow”) (Mongolian шар (šar, “yellow”)), Proto-Japonic *siro (“white”).^[2]

Adjective

*sarïg

yellow, white

Derived terms

Descendants

→? Proto-Mongolic: *sïra
Oghur: *sārïg
- Chuvash: шурӑ (šură)
- → Hungarian: sárga
- → Bulgarian: шарен (šaren)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: sâruğ
Oghuz: *sārïg
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: sarı
  - Ottoman Turkish: صاری (sarı)
    - Gagauz: sarı, saarı
    - Turkish: sarı
- Salar: sarı
- Turkmen: sāry
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: سَرِغْ (sarïɣ)
  - ⇒ Karakhanid: سارِغْ جُوُتْ (sa:rïg çüwüt, “yellow paint, dye”)
  - Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (ṣarïɣ)
    - Chagatai: [script needed] (sarïɣ), [script needed] (sarïq)
      - Uzbek: sariq
      - Uyghur: سېرىق (sëriq)
Kipchak:
- Kipchak: [script needed] (sarï)
- Mamluk-Kipchak: [Arabic needed] (ṣārū), [Arabic needed] (ṣārï̄)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: sarı
  - Karachay-Balkar: сары (sarı)
  - Kumyk: сари (sari)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (sarı)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: һары (harı)
  - Tatar: сары (sarı)
    - → Chuvash: сарӑ (sară)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: сары (sary)
    - Karakalpak: sarı
    - Nogai: сары (sarı)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: сары (sarı)
    - Southern Altai: сары (sarï)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïg)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 (sarïg)
  - Western Yugur: [script needed] (sarïɣ)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: араҕас (arağas), арыы (arıı, “butter”)
  - Dolgan: арыы (“butter”)
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei Turkic:
    - Chulym: сарығ (sarïɣ)
    - Khakas: сарығ (sarığ)
    - Shor: сарыг
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tofa: сарығ
    - Tuvan: сарыг (sarıg)

References

^ Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 129. [1]
^ Tekin, Talât (1993) Japonca ve Altay Dilleri (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, →ISBN, page 82

[1] Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 129. [1]

[2] Tekin, Talât (1993) Japonca ve Altay Dilleri (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, →ISBN, page 82

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[2]

āk, ürüŋ	boŕ, sūr, kuba, čāl, *oń	*kara
kïŕïl; āl	koŋur, yạgïŕ	siarïg, yẹgren
	*yāĺïl
	*kȫk
	*(y)ip-