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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *si̯ắŕi
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: earth, sand; marsh
Russian meaning: земля, песок; болото
Turkic: *siaŕ
Mongolian: *siraɣu
Tungus-Manchu: *siru-
Korean: *hằrk
Japanese: *situ
Comments: KW 365, Poppe 30, 60, 114, VEWT 406 (without the Korean parallel), AKE 8, EAS 155, Miller 1985b, 205, АПиПЯЯ 291, Дыбо 11, Мудрак Дисс. 195, Лексика 93. Despite Poppe 1972, 100, Doerfer MT 65, the TM form is hardly borrowed from Mong. The Turk.-Mong. match is characterized by Doerfer (TMN 3, 222), in his usual style, as "lautlich und semantisch unsicher". In Kor. cf. perhaps also MKor. hɨ̀rì- 'dirty' ( < *hằri with vowel assimilation?).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *siaŕ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: marsh, dirt
Russian meaning: болото, грязь
Tatar: saz
Middle Turkic: saz (Houts.)
Uzbek: sɔz
Uighur: saz
Khakassian: sas
Oyrat: sas
Chuvash: šor(ъ)
Kirghiz: saz
Noghai: saz
Bashkir: haδ
Comments: It is not quite clear whether the Oghuz name for 'reed' (Tur. saz, Turkm., Gag. sāz, see Лексика 135, ЭСТЯ 7) and 'swamp' as 'reed growth' (Tur. sazlɨk, Turkm. sāzlɨq) belongs here, too, or else reflect a different root. In the former case one should prefer the reconstruction *siāŕ. See VEWT 406, TMN 3, 222, Лексика 93, ЭСТЯ 7, Федотов 2, 462. Bulg. > Hung. sár 'dirt', see Gombocz 1912, MNyTESz 3, 487-488.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *siro-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: earth
Russian meaning: земля
Written Mongolian: siraɣu, siruɣa(i), siroi (L 719)
Middle Mongolian: šira'u (HY 2), širo'ai (SH), širu (IM), širăw, šira- (MA)
Khalkha: šorō, šoroj
Buriat: šorōj
Kalmuck: šorǟ, šorā
Ordos: šorō
Dongxian: šǝura
Baoan: širo, śiru
Dagur: širō, širtal (Тод. Даг. 184), širetele (MD 217)
Shary-Yoghur: šǝrū
Monguor: śirū (SM 400)
Comments: KW 365, MGCD 722. Cf. also WMong. sirke, sirki, Kalm. širkǝ 'hard earth (with sand)' (KW 360).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *siru-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sand
Russian meaning: песок
Evenki: sirugī
Negidal: sijun
Jurchen: sir-xe (67)
Ulcha: siru(n)
Nanai: siro(n)
Oroch: sija
Solon: š́iruktā̃
Comments: ТМС 2, 96.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *hằrk
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: earth
Russian meaning: земля
Modern Korean: hɨk [hɨlk]
Middle Korean: hằrk
Comments: Nam 480, KED 1894.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *situ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: damp place, dampness
Russian meaning: влажность, влажное место
Middle Japanese: situ
Tokyo: shitsu
Comments: The word is usually considered to be an on-reading of the Chinese character 濕 MC śip. The latter should normally have a reading MJ sifu, mod. shū (which exists), while situ/shitsu, attested in separate usage since Middle Japanese, appears quite irregular phonetically for a Chinese loan. We should rather think of a genuine *situ, misconceived as a Chinese loanword.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *c`VrV
Meaning: dirt
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *k'er- (rather *(s)ḱer-)
Altaic: *si̯ắŕi
Uralic: *śarV~ (*ćarV) (cf. also *śuri )
Dravidian: *saṛap-
References: ND 318 *ć[ä]ŕV 'dirt, dung, defecate' (+ Mhr. syr); ND 2125 *śihaŕu 'dirt, earth' (same Ural. + Alt. + same Drav. + ?IE *sroup- + Arab., Eg.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *k'er-
Meaning: cacare, faeces
Avestan: sairya- 'Dünger, Mist'
Other Iranian: MPers. sargōn, Pers. sargīn id.
Slavic: *sьrātī, *ser(j)ǭ; *sorъ
Baltic: *čar̂-w-a- c., *čar̂-n-a-, -ia- c. (1)
References: Fraenkel 764
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: срать,
Near etymology: с(е)ру́, се́решь, се́рет, укр. сра́ти, серу́, се́решь; стар. 3 л. ед. ч. серет (Аввакум 145), болг. сера́ (Младенов 578), сербохорв. сра̏ти, се̏ре̑м, словен. sráti, sérjem, чеш. sráti, seru, séřeš, séře, слвц. srаt᾽, польск. srać, siorę, sierzesz, в.-луж. srać, seru, н.-луж. sraś, seru.
Further etymology: Праслав. *sьrati, serǫ связано чередованием с сор (см.); ср. Брандт, РФВ 24, 150; родственно лтш. sãrn̨i мн. "отбросы, грязь", авест. sаirуа- "навоз, помет", нов.-перс. sargīn -- то же, др.-инд. c̨árdhatē, аvаc̨аrdhауаti "pedit"; см. Перссон, Beitr. 167 и сл.; Траутман, ВSW 303; Мейе, МSL 14, 378; М.--Э. 3, 806 и сл.; Сольмсен, Beitr. 161; Wochenschr. f. klass. Phil., 1906, 871. Не представляется более вероятным сравнение с др.-инд. sárati "течет", sarás "жидкий", лат. serum "сыворотка", вопреки Младенову (578), Зубатому (LF 28, 31).
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *čar̂-w-a- c., *čar̂-n-a-, -ia- c. (1)
Meaning: faeces
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: šárvai pl. 'Menstrua der Weiber'
Lettish: sãrn̨i, sā̀rn̨i, sãrni pl. 'Schlacken; Weiberkrankheit, Blum der Weiber, Monatsreinigung; Exkremente'
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 951
Proto: *śarV~ (*ćarV)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: excrement, to defecate
German meaning: Dreck, Scheisse, Kot; scheissen
Mordovian: śerńe-, śärńi- (E), śärńe-, śeŕńe-, śarondo-, śäŕeńd́e- (M) 'scheißen'
Mari (Cheremis): šǝ̑r (KB), šur (U B) 'Scheiße, Dreck, Kot', šara- (KB), šora- (U B) 'scheißen, misten'
Khanty (Ostyak): śɔr (Ni. Kaz.) 'Kot (des Ren- od. Elentiers), (Kaz.) auch vom Menschen'
Hungarian: szar 'Dreck, Scheiße', szar- 'scheißen'
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *saẓap-
Meaning : cowdung
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *saṛp-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *saṛap-
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *saṛp-
Meaning : cowdung
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Naiki : sanap
Parji : carpi
Ollari Gadba : saṛpi
Salur Gadba : saḍpi
Additional forms : Also Salur saṛit (pl. sakkil) bullock
Number in DED : 2402
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *saṛap-
Meaning : cowdung
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *saṛap-i
Konda : ṛāpi
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ṛāp-i
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ṛāp-i
Notes : Bisyllabic root.
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *saṛap-i
Meaning : cowdung
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : sarāpī
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : saṛápí
Gommu Gondi : saṛap, haṛap
Muria Gondi : haṛap
Maria Gondi : aṛapi
Seoni Gondi : haṛpi, aṛpi
Koya Gondi : aṛap
Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : haṛap
Adilabad Gondi : saḍāpī (SR)
Number in DED : 2402
Number in CVOTGD : 3352
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : ṛāpi
Meaning: cowdung
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 2402
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ṛāp-i
Meaning : cowdung
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : ṛāpi
Manda : ṛāpi
Number in DED : 2402
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ṛāp-i
Meaning : cowdung
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : rāpi
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ṛāpi
Parja Kuwi : ṛāpi
Number in DED : 2402
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVRV
Meaning : dirt
Eurasiatic : *c`VrV
Afroasiatic : Sem. *sVhr- (?Ar. sāhir-at, Mhr syr); Eg. sr 'dirt'
Sino-Caucasian : *swVre
Austric : PAN *pat'iɣ (*pat'aɣ) 'sand'
Reference : ND 2125; Peiros 1989, 129.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *swVré
Meaning: earth, sand
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *swüre
Sino-Tibetan: *srāj
Basque: *saur̄nV
Comments and references : HGC 21, VCQ 5.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *swüre
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dirt, soot, sand
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *sirV (~ c-)
Proto-Tsezian: *zar
Proto-Dargwa: *s:uri
Proto-Lezghian: *sära (~ s:-)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular (except that there are usual doubts about the extremely rare vowel *ü). Abdokov (1983, 102) compares PAK *-sa in *ḳaʁʷa-sa 'soot', but the element is rather obscure, and the phonetic side of the comparison is not convincing.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *sirV (~ c-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sand
Andian language: sur
Chamalal: sira (Gig.)
Godoberi: sira
Comments: The vowel -u- in And. is irregular (sur < *siru ?). Cf. also Cham. (U.-Gakv.) sera 'road-metal'.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *zar
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 sand, road-metal 2 faeces
Tsezi: zar 1
Ginukh: zaru 1
Bezhta: saj 2
Gunzib: sar 2
Comments: PTsKh *zar(u), PGB *sar. Cf. also Bezht. Tl, Khosh. sar.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *s:uri
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: soot
Akusha: suri
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *sära (~ s:-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 soot 2 ashes
Tabasaran: sirin 1
Rutul: ser (Shin.) 1
Tsakhur: sera 2 (Tsakh.)
Comment: The Tab. form contains a frequent suffix -(i)n.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *srāj
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sand
Chinese: *srāj sand.
Tibetan: sa earth
Burmese: sajh sand, LB *[ś]ajx.
Lushai: Haka thet-se 'sand'
Kiranti: *se-krem
Comments: PG *sa; Trung a3-sa1; Kanauri śo; Tani *sɨ-, Konyak *sVi, Naga *sV 'sand', Chepang saʔ 'earth', Sichuan *ṣV- 'sand'. Sh. 52, 123, 135; Mat. 182; Peiros-Starostin 218; Coblin 129.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shā
Preclassic Old Chinese: srāj
Classic Old Chinese: srāj
Western Han Chinese: ṣāj
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄
Middle Chinese: ṣạ
English meaning : sand
Russian meaning[s]: 1) песок; песчаный; пески, отмель; 2) крупинки; крупитчатый; 3) сиплый; охрипший; 4) просевать; отсеивать, очищать; 5) Ша (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *srāj 'satin (?)' (in inscriptions), later written as 紗 'muslin, a k. of cloth, thread, fibre'. Viet. has borrowed this word from two dialectal sources as Viet. sa and Viet. the. An older loan from the same source may be Viet. sọ'i 'filament, fibre, thread'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 4069
Karlgren code: 0016 a-c
Vietnamese reading: sa
Jianchuan Bai: so4-
Dali Bai: so4-
Bijiang Bai: śo4-
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 423
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 假開二平麻生
ZIHUI: 3097 0072
Beijing: ṣa 11
Jinan: ṣa 11
Xi'an: sa 11
Taiyuan: sa 1
Hankou: sa 11
Chengdu: sa 11
Yangzhou: sâ 11
Suzhou: so 11
Wenzhou: so 11
Changsha: sa 11
Shuangfeng: so 11
Nanchang: sa 11
Meixian: sa 11
Guangzhou: ša 11
Xiamen: sua 11; sa 11 (lit.)
Chaozhou: sua 11
Fuzhou: sa 11
Shanghai: so 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: ša 1
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *se-krem
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: sand
Tulung: sekre
Kaling: 'sekhle
Kulung: serɔm
Comments: Toba 95 *seklem.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: serɔm
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: sand
Nepali: bāluvā.
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *saurnV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: pus
Bizkaian: zorna
Gipuzkoan: zorne, zorna
High Navarrese: zorna
Low Navarrese: zorne
Lapurdian: zorne, (arc) zaurne, zaurna
Comments: The archaic form zaurna was recorded by Silvain Pouvreau (17th cent.).
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