Salır

See also: salir

Salar

Etymology

From Karakhanid سَلْغُرْ (salğur), ultimately from an exact *sal- root. Cognate with Old Anatolian Turkish سالور (Salur), Turkmen Salyr.

Proper noun

Salır

  1. Salar; an ethnic Oghuz people living in China

References

  • Hahn, R. F. (1988). Notes on the Origin and Development of the Salar language. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 42(2/3), 235–275. [1]
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (2012) "Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri", Türk Dili, 102(732).

Turkish

Proper noun

Salır

  1. Salar; an Oghuz tribe