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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kïŋrak

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

From *kïŋïr (“curved”) +‎ *-ak (“diminutive suffix”). According to Hirth, it is the oldest written Turkic word.

Noun

*kïŋrak

  1. broad-faced curved knife or sword
    Hypernym: *kïlï̄č (“sword”)

Decendants
  • → Old Chinese: 徑路 (*king-lak, “The ceremonial sword of the Hsiung-nu”) (BCE 47, Ts'ien Han Shu; BCE 1022)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: قنكراق‎ (kïŋra:k)
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (kïŋrak, “wide blade knife”)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: кыңырак (kıŋırak)
    • Southern Altai: кыҥырак (kïŋïrak)

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 639-649
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) Hunların Dili [The languages of the Xiongnu people]‎ (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, →ISBN, pages 14-15
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