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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïŕ
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Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Akin to *kï̄ŕ- (“to be red”). The root is not directly attested, therefore the meaning is obscure. However compare Proto-Turkic *kï̄r (“grey”) (Turkish kır (“grey”)), Proto-Mongolic *küri (“brown”) (cf. Mongolian хүрэн (khüren, “brown”)), Proto-Tungusic *xuri- (“grey”) (cf. Evenki урим (urim, “grey”)).
Noun
*kïŕ
- hot
Descendants
- Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (kız, “hot”)[1]
- ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *kïŕïl (“red”)
- Turkmen: gyzyl
- Yakut: кыһыл (kıhıl)
- ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *kïŕ-ar- (“to become red”)
- Karakhanid: قِزَرْماقْ (qïzarmāq)
- Bashkir: ҡыҙарыу (qïðarïw)
- Turkmen: gyzarmak
- Yakut: кытар (kıtar)
References
- Tekin, Talât. (2000). Orhon Türkçesi Grameri, page: 83
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kızar-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 685
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*k`i̯ū́ŕu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill