Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïrïčga

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

Nişanyan suggests a derivation from *sïr (“lacquer”), itself usually considered to be borrowed from Middle Chinese 漆 (t͡sʰiɪt̚, “varnish, lacquer, paint”), which he rejects.

Noun

*sïrïčga

1. rock crystal, glass

Declension

Declension of *sïrïčga

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*sïrïčga
Accusative	*sïrïčganï, *sïrïčgag 4), *sïrïčganïg 1)
Genitive	*sïrïčganïŋ
Dative	*sïrïčgaka
Locative	*sïrïčgada
Ablative	*sïrïčgadan
Allative	*sïrïčgagaru
Instrumental 2)	*sïrïčgan
Equative 2)	*sïrïčgača
Similative 2)	*sïrïčgalayu
Comitative 2)	*sïrïčgalïgu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: шăрҫа (šărś̬a)

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Ottoman Turkish: صرچه (sırça), سرچه (sırça)
      • Turkish: sırça
      • → Armenian: սըռչա (səṙčʻa)
      • → Macedonian: срча (srča)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: срча

        Latin script: srča

      • Gagauz: sırça
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: syrça
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: سِرِجْغا (sïrïčğā)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (sïrča), [script needed] (sirče)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sırıçğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 846
• Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, page 451
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sırça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 419