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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sï̄gun

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

Possibly from *sïg- (“an ancient verb”) +‎ *-un if related to *sïgïr (“cattle”).

Noun

*sï̄gun (Common Turkic)

  1. a kind of deer; elk, moose
    Synonyms: *bulan, *keyik
  2. herbivorous wild animals

Descendants
  • Common Turkic: *sïgun
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: sūgun
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: سيٖغُنْ (sïːğun)[1]
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (sïgun)
        • Uzbek: suygun
  • Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Karakalpak: suwın
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (sïgun)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣 (sïgun)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: сыын (sıın)
        • Western Yugur: [script needed] (soğun)

See also
Animals in Turkic
dog: *ït hunting dog: *eker hen: *tiakïgu
lark: *torgay dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin quail: *bïldurčïn
sparrow: *serče hawk, falcon: *kïrguy goose: *kāŕ
wolf: *bȫrü cow: *ingek calf: *buŕagu
camel: *tebe young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu horse: *at
foal: *kulun worm: *kūrt snake: *yï̄lan
fox: *tilkü goat: *keči he-goat: *teke
lion: *arsïlan fish: *bālïk carp bream: *čapak
donkey: *eĺčgek carp: *siāŕgan catfish: *yāyïn
beaver: *kunduŕ hedgehog: *kirpi badger: *borsmuk
fly, mosquito: *siŋek wasp, bee: *ārï gadfly: *bȫgen
moth: *küńe louse: *bït earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
yak: *kotuz colt: *sïp dragon: *siāŕgan
worm: *kūrt deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu lizard: *keleŕ

References
  1. 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 409
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 811
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 414-415
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sïg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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