Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sipür-

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

Proto-Mongolic *sixür- (“to sweep”), *sixür (“broom, besom”) are early loanwords from Turkic. Compared also Evenki (čipi-, “to sweep; to scrape”) by EDAL. (See also *topïk)

Verb

*sipür-

(transitive) to sweep

Noun

*sipür

broom

Related terms

*sipür-ge (“broom”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: шӑпӑр (šăp̬ăr, “broom”)
- → Hungarian: seper (“to sweep, to broom”), söpör
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: sipürmək
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: süpürmək
  - Ottoman Turkish: سوپورمك (süpürmek)
    - Turkish: süpürmek
    - Gagauz: süpürmää
- Salar: sǖr (“to sweep”), süfse (“broom”), süpse (“broom”), sipse (“broom”)
- Turkmen: süpürmek, sübse (“broom”)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: (süpür-)
  - Uzbek: supurmoq
  - Uyghur: (süpürmek) (سۈپۈرگە (süpürge, “broom”))
Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: sipirmek, sıpırmaq
  - Kumyk: (sibir-)
  - Karachay-Balkar: (sibir-)
  - Karaim: (sibir-)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: һепереү (heperew), һепертке (hepertke, “broom”)
  - Tatar: себерергә (seberergä)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: sıpırw
    - Kazakh: сыпыру (sypyru)
    - Nogai: сыпыру (sıpıru)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: шыпыруу (şıpıruu)
    - Southern Altai: сибир- (sibir-)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: сиппий (sippiy, “to sweep”), сиппиир (sippiir, “broom”)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: (sivir-)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: (sıbır-)

References

^ Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎, London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 240

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sipür-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎, London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 240

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sipür-

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