سرغ

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *sōrug (“inquiry”). Related to سُرْماقْ (sormāq, “to ask”). Cognate with Turkish soru (“question”).

Noun

سُرُغْ (soruğ)

1. seeking

   سُرُغْ قِلْدٖى ― Soruğ qïldï̄. ― He sought a stray.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “soruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 8484

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 374

Pashto

Noun

سرغ • (sargh) m

1. saddle

References

• “سرغ”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “سرغ”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press