Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čerig

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

Cognate to Proto-Mongolic *čerig, although the loaning direction is unclear.

Noun

*čerig

  1. army

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ҫар (śar)
    • Hungarian: sereg (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: шеру (şeru)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: جَرِكْ
      • Chagatai: چیریک (čyryk /⁠čerig, čerik⁠/), چریک (čryk /⁠čärig⁠/)
        • Uyghur: چېرىك (chërik)
        • Uzbek: cherik
        • Kazakh: шерік (şerık)
        • Kyrgyz: черик (cerik)
        • Persian: چریک
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic:
    • Old Uyghur:
    • North Siberian Turkic:
    • South Siberian Turkic:

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 428-429
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çeri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Eren, Hasan (1999), “çeri”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi