sirge

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sirkëda.

Adjective

sirge (genitive sirge, partitive sirget, comparative sirgem, superlative kõige sirgem)

  1. straight

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sirke. Cognate to Turkish sirke.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /sirɣe/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /sirkʰæ/, /sirɣæ/

Noun

sirge (3rd person possessive sirgesi, plural sirgeler)

  1. nit

Adjective

sirge

  1. too small

Derived terms

  • sirge daraq (strainer)

References

  • Kakuk, S. (1962) “sirge”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “sirge”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 159
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “sirge”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 57
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “sirge”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 255