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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/saraŋ

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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

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Etymology

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Perhaps compare Chuvash суран (suran, wound) (?).

Adjective

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*saraŋ

  1. miser, miserly

Descendants

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  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash:
  • Common Turkic:
  • Karluk:
    • Uyghur: ساراڭ (sarang, mentally disordered, crazy, idiot)
    • Uzbek: sarang (baffled, perplexed)
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (saran, frugal, parsimonious)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan Turkic:

References

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  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 853-854
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 403