Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïsrak

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïsïr (“unprolific”) +‎ *-āk (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*kïsrak

young unprolific animal

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz: قِسْراقْ‎ (qïsra:q, “unprolific animal”)
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: qısraq
  - Ottoman Turkish: قیصراق‎ (kısrak), قسراق‎ (kısrak)
    - Gagauz: kısırak
    - Turkish: kısrak
    - → Armenian: խըսրախ (xəsrax), կըսրախ (kəsrax), ղըսրաղ (łəsrał)
- Salar: qısıraq
- Turkmen: gysyrak
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: قِسْراقْ‎ (qïsra:q, “young unprolific animal”)
Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: қысырақ (qysyraq)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: кысырак (kısırak)
    - Southern Altai: кузарак (kuzarak)

References

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), volume I, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 474