Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïrïčga

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

Nişanyan suggests a derivation from *sïr (“lacquer”), itself usually considered to be borrowed from Middle Chinese 漆 (t͡sʰiɪt̚, “varnish, lacquer, paint”), which he rejects.

Noun

*sïrïčga

rock crystal, glass

Declension

Declension of *sïrïčga

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*sïrïčga
Accusative	sïrïčganï, sïrïčgag ⁴⁾, *sïrïčganïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*sïrïčganïŋ
Dative	*sïrïčgaka
Locative	*sïrïčgada
Ablative	*sïrïčgadan
Allative	*sïrïčgagaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*sïrïčgan
Equative ²⁾	*sïrïčgača
Similative ²⁾	*sïrïčgalayu
Comitative ²⁾	*sïrïčgalïgu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: шăрҫа (šărś̬a)

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Ottoman Turkish: صرچه (sırça), سرچه (sırça)
    - Turkish: sırça
    - → Armenian: սըռչա (səṙčʻa)
    - → Macedonian: срча (srča)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: срча
      Latin script: srča
    - Gagauz: sırça
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: syrça
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: سِرِجْغا (sïrïčğā)
  - Chagatai: [script needed] (sïrča), [script needed] (sirče)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sırıçğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 846
Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, page 451
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sırça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 419

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