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

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

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