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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sirp`a (~-o,-u)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: thick hair, bristle
Russian meaning: толстый волос, щетина
Turkic: *sɨrt
Mongolian: *ser- / *sir-
Tungus-Manchu: *sirpa-kta
Comments: KW 360, Мудрак Дисс. 45, Лексика 268. A Western isogloss. Mong. sirke-, serte- may belong here if they go back to *sirp-ke-, *serp-te- (cf. the TM and Turkic forms). See also notes to *sajri 'stick out, protrude'.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *sɨrt
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thick hair, bristle
Russian meaning: толстый волос, щетина
Karakhanid: sɨrt (MK)
Tatar: sɨrt (dial.)
Chuvash: šъrt
Bashkir: šɨrt ( < Chuv.?)
Comments: EDT 846, VEWT 419-420, ЭСТЯ 7. Turk. > Hung. serte 'bristle' (Gombocz 1912, MNyTESz 3, 526).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *ser- / *sir-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 crest 2 long rod, switch 3 bristle 4 to bristle, stand on end 5 spine ramification 6 sticking out, protruding
Russian meaning: 1 гребень, холка; плавник 2 метла, длинный прут 3 щетина, толстая нить 4 щетиниться, стоять дыбом 5 спинной отросток 6 торчащий, торчать, выступать
Written Mongolian: serbege, serbe 1 (L 688), sirbegür, sirbigür, sirbegül (L 715) 2, sirke(g) 3 (L 718), serbeji-, sirbeji- 4 (L 689), serteŋ 5, (L 691) 6
Middle Mongolian: širun 'uneven, rugged' (MA 336)
Khalkha: servēn 1, širvǖl 2, širxeg 3, servij- 4, serten 5, sertger, sertij- (V.) 6
Buriat: herbē 1, šerxeg 3, herteger 6
Kalmuck: serwɛ̄ 1, širkǝ, širkǝg 3; šarwǟ- 'in die Höhe ragen (die Haare)', sertǝgǝr 6
Ordos: serwī- 4, serteger 'sticking out (about ears)'
Dagur: širgē 3
Comments: KW 326, 351, 360, MGCD 721. Mong. sirkeg > Oyr. šärkäk.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sirpa-kta
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: horse's hair, bristle
Russian meaning: конский волос, щетина
Negidal: sịtpakta
Spoken Manchu: šikā 'tail horse-hair, horsetail' (2292)
Literary Manchu: siqa
Ulcha: sịrpaqta
Nanai: sịrbaqta ~ sịrpaqta
Oroch: sipakta, sịppakta
Comments: ТМС 2, 99-100.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *[š]irP(T)V ?
Meaning: fibre, thick hair
Altaic: *sirp`a (?*sirp`ta or *sirt`a)
Uralic: *širtV (*šürtV)
Kartvelian: *ć̣arb-
Comments: Kartv. - quite irregular (or indeed 2 roots?)
References: ND 2170 *šü/iRdV 'fibre (used as thread)' (+ Arab.?); 2224 *ŝe/i[ʔV]RbV 'coarse hair, eyebrow' (Alt. + Kartv. + Sem.).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1635
Proto: *širtV (*šürtV)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: yarn
German meaning: Garn, Gespinst, Zwirn
Mari (Cheremis): šǝrtǝ (KB), šürtö (U B) 'Garn; Gespinst, Zwirn; Band, Jagdnetz'
Udmurt (Votyak): šort (S G) 'Garn, Gespinst, Zwirn'
Komi (Zyrian): še̮rt (S P), šȯrt (PO) 'Gespinst, Garn' ( > Khanty Ni. Kaz. šĭrt 'Gürtelband aus Wollgarn; Wollgarn'
Sammalahti's version: *šürtV
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ć̣arb-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: бровь
English meaning: eyebrow
Georgian: c̣arb-
Megrel: č̣ob-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 248, EWK 520. Близкие формы налицо в некоторых лезгинских языках (лезг. диал. č̣eṗč̣eṗaj, агул. диал. c̣iṗc̣iṗ, крыз. c̣äṗ "ресница" - см. NCED 365, где они с некоторым сомнением объясняются как искаженные рефлексы сложения *c̣ĭlV-c̣ɦwĕme и сравниваются с чеч. c̣oc̣q̇am, дарг. č̣imič̣ali etc.).
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