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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kara

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

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kara (“black”), Proto-Japonic *kuro (“black”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

May be related to Khitan 黑 (kara, “west”) since colors indicate direction in Turkic mythology.[1]

Adjective

*kara

  1. black

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: хура (hura)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Yenisei Kyrgyz [script needed] (qara)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰺𐰀‎ (qara)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qara)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
      • Yenisei:
        • Shor: қара (qara)
        • Khakas: хара (xara)
        • Western Yugur: [script needed] (gara)

References
  1. https://www.turkedebiyati.org/turk-kulturunu-hangi-renkler-anlatir/

See also
Colors in Proto-Turkic · *bodoglar, *bodogsāyïn (layout · text)
     *āk, *ürüŋ      *boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń      *kara
             *kïŕïl; *āl              *koŋur, *yạgïŕ              *siarïg, *yẹgren
                          *yāĺïl             
                          *kȫk             
                          *(y)ip-             
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