Proto-Turkic: *siaŕ
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.
