Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/adïr-

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.

From *ad- (“to seperate”) +‎ *-ïr-, the root is not attested on its own.

Some like Erdal and Nişanyan suggest *ādïl- (“to sober”) and *ādïg (“sober”) are derived from the same root as well^[1],^[2] however some reconstruct an alternative *ād- (“to sober”) root on the bases of Turkish aymak, however that verb is attested at a very late date and may be a back-formation.

Clauson suggests *üdür- (“to choose; to separate, scatter”) is a variant of this verb, however this is unlikely from a phonological standpoint.

*adïr-

1. (transitive) to separate
2. (figuratively, transitive) to distinguish

• ⇒ *adïr-uk (“seperate, divided; couch-grass”)
• ⇒ *adïr-ït (“distinction, difference”)
• ⇒ *adïr-ïl- (“to seperate from”)

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: уйӑр (ujăr)
• Common Turkic: *adïr-

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏır-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66
• 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, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943
• Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 114
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayırmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 6
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*adɨ-r-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill