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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kï̄ŕ

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

Akin to *kï̄rkïn (“maiden, slave girl”), *kïrnak (“slave girl”); compared to Proto-Tungusic *girkī (“mate, wife”).

Noun

*kï̄ŕ

  1. girl
  2. woman
Descendants
  • Karakhanid: قٖيزْ‎ (qï̄z)
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (qïz)
  • Old Turkic
    • Orkhon: 𐰶𐰃𐰕‎ (qïz)
    • Old Uyghur: qyz (qïz)
  • Bulghar
  • Karluk
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (qïz)
  • Kipchak
  • Oghuz
    • Azeri: qız
    • Gagauz: kız
    • Ottoman Turkish: قیز‎ (qïz) (see there for further descendants)
    • Salar: [script needed] (qyz)
    • Turkmen: gȳz
  • Siberian

Etymology 2

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 (hüren, “brown”)), Proto-Tungusic *xuri- (“grey”) (cf. Evenki урим (urim, “grey”)), Korean 구리 (guri, “copper”), Japanese くらい (kurai, “dark”).

Noun

*kï̄ŕ

  1. ? red, dark thing
Derived terms
  • *kïŕïl (“red”) (if not from *kï̄ŕ-)
  • *kï̄ŕ-a-r- (“to become red”)
    • Karakhanid: قِزَرْماقْ‎ (qïzarmāq)
    • Turkish: kızarmak

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kı:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 679
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kızar-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 685
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kırkın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 654
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kırna:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 661
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Kɨ̄ŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • 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
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