Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïgïr

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

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Noun

*sïgïr

cow

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Arghu: *sïgïr
- Khalaj: sığır
Oghuz: *sïgïr
- Old Anatolian Turkish: صغر (sıġır)
  - Classical Azerbaijani:
    - Azerbaijani: sığır
    - Qashqai:
  - Gagauz: sıır
  - Ottoman Turkish: صیغیر, صغر (sığır), صغیر (sığır)
    - Turkish: sığır
    - → Armenian: սըղըր (səġər)
    - → Crimean Tatar: sığır
- Salar: sıxır
- Turkmen: sygyr
Karluk: *sïgïr, *sïyïr
- Karakhanid: سِغِرْ (sıyır)
  - Uyghur: سىيىر (siyir)
  - Uzbek: sigir
Kipchak: *sïyïr
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: һыйыр (hıyır)
  - Tatar: сыер (sıyer)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: sıyır
  - Kumyk: сыйыр (sıyır)
  - Karaim:
  - Karachay-Balkar:
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: sıyır
    - Kazakh: сиыр (siyr)
    - Nogai: сыйыр (sıyır)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz:
    - Southern Altai: сыйыр (sïyïr)