Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïsïr

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 *kïs- +‎ *-ïr, according to Clauson.

Noun

*kïsïr

infertile, sterile

Derived terms

*kïsrak

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: qısır
  - Ottoman Turkish: قیصیر‎ (kısır), قصر‎ (kısır), قصیر‎ (kısır)
    - Gagauz: kısır
    - Turkish: kısır
    - → Armenian: խըսըր (xəsər)
- ⇒ Salar: qısıraq
- Turkmen: gysyr
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: قِسِرْ‎ (qïsïr, “woman or animal that does not give birth”)[1]
Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: қысыр (qysyr)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: кысыр (kısır)
    - Southern Altai: кызыр (kïzïr, “barren”)

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 364

Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 668

[1] -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 364