Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïsrak

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

From *kïsïr (“unprolific”) +‎ *-ak (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*kïsrak

1. young unprolific animal

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz: قِسْراقْ (qïsra:q, “unprolific animal”)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: qısraq
    • Ottoman Turkish: قیصراق (kısrak), قسراق (kısrak)
      • Gagauz: kısırak
      • Turkish: kısrak
      • → Armenian: խըսրախ (xəsrax), կըսրախ (kəsrax), ղըսրաղ (ġəsraġ)
  • Salar: qısıraq
  • Turkmen: gysyrak
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: قِسْراقْ (qïsra:q, “young unprolific animal”)
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: қысырақ (qysyraq)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: кысырак (kısırak)
      • Southern Altai: кузарак (kuzarak)

References

• 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 474