Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/saraŋ

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

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

Adjective

*saraŋ

1. miser, miserly

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash:
• Common Turkic:

• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: ساراڭ (sarang, “mentally disordered, crazy, idiot”)
  • Uzbek: sarang (“baffled, perplexed”)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: һаран (haran, “frugal”)
    • Tatar: саран (saran, “frugal”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: сараң (sarañ, “frugal”)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: сараң (saraŋ, “frugal”)
    • Southern Altai: сарам (saram)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (saran, “frugal, parsimonious”)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: араҥ (arañ)
    • Yakut: араҥ (arañ)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: сараӈ (saraŋ, “frugal”)

References

• 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