Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āšuru

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

*āšur- (to exceed) +‎ *-u (adverbial suffix).[1][2] Nişanyan instead has suggested a derivation from *āš- + *-garu,[3] however, no reflexives confirm this derivation.

Adjective

*āšuru

  1. (Common Turkic) much, a lot

Adverb

*āšuru

  1. (Common Turkic) beyond

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol: ᠠᠰᠤᠷᠤ (asuru)
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk
    • Karakhanid: 𐽰𐽻𐾅𐽾𐽳 (ʾs̤rw), 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐾅𐽾𐽳 (ʾʾs̤rw)[4]
      • Chagatai: اشاری (ašari) (if not borrowed from another Turkic language)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: асыра (asyra)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Southern Altai: ажыра (ažïra, through, across)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: ажыр (ajır)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (azıra)

References

  1. ^ Tietze, Andreas (2002) “Proto-Turkic/āšuru”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul, Vienna: Simurg Kitapçılık, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 469
  2. ^ aşırı”, in Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü[1], Türk Dil Kurumu, 2011–
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aşırı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. ^ Arat, Reşid Rahmeti (1947) Kutadgu Bilig I: Metin, TDK, pages 193, 408, 503, 613

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aşru”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 264