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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ńi̯ằrke
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to pinch (hair)
Russian meaning: выщипывать (волосы)
Turkic: *jarkak
Mongolian: *ǯirge-
Tungus-Manchu: *nirku-
Japanese: *mǝ̀(n)k-
Comments: Дыбо 1995b. The root is quite reliable both phonetically and semantically.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jarkak
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: skin (tanned, without hair)
Russian meaning: шкура (дубленая, без волос)
Tatar: jarɣaq
Middle Turkic: jarɣaq (Pav. C., Abush.)
Uzbek: ǯɔrɣaq (dial.)
Uighur: ja(r)ɣaq
Turkmen: jarɣaq
Oyrat: jarɣaq, d́arɣaq
Chuvash: śorɣax 'film, membrane'
Tuva: čarɣaš 'hairless (skin); placenta'
Kirghiz: ǯarɣaq
Kazakh: žarɣaq
Noghai: jarɣaq
Bashkir: jarɣaq
Karakalpak: žarɣaq
Kumyk: jarɣaq (dial.)
Comments: VEWT 190, ЭСТЯ 4, 141-142, Лексика 385, Ашм. XII, 277-278, Федотов 2, 145-146. Turk. > WMong. ǯarɣaɣ, Kalm. zarɣǝg (KW 467).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *ǯirge-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to pinch (hair, etc.)
Russian meaning: щипать (волосы и т.п.)
Khalkha: ǯirge-
Buriat: žarxi-
Comments: The meaning 'pinch (hair)' is hardly related to the other meaning of ǯirge-, 'cut, split' (on which see under *ǯī́re); it is most probably an accidental homonymy.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *nirku-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: short hair (of deer)
Russian meaning: короткая, редкая шерсть (оленя)
Evenki: nirku
Literary Manchu: nirGa, nirχan
Comments: ТМС 1, 600.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *mǝ̀(n)k-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to pinch (hair, feathers, etc.)
Russian meaning: выщипывать (волосы, перья и т.п.)
Middle Japanese: mòg-
Tokyo: móg-
Kyoto: móg-
Kagoshima: móg-
Comments: JLTT 726. Accent in Kyoto and Kagoshima is irregular (under Tokyo influence?).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *n(́)arV
Meaning: to pinch hair
Altaic: *ńi̯àrke
Uralic: *ńarV (Coll. ńur3 37); cf. also Ug. *ńärV )
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 620
Proto: *ńarV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: hairless skin
German meaning: Fell od. Leder ohne Haar
Udmurt (Votyak): (ńar 'мозоль' - rejected by Redei)
Komi (Zyrian): ńar (Ud. I VO) 'Sämischleder, weiches Leder; облезлый (о мехе, шкуре)', ńarmi̮- (I) 'die Haare verlieren, kahl od. kahlköpfig werden' ( > Mansi TJ ńǟr, KU ńɔ̄̈r, P So. ńār 'nackt', P ńɔ̄rǝm-, So. ńārm- 'bloß, kahl werden')
Khanty (Ostyak): ńur (V) 'Riemen, Rentierfell, an dem alle Haare ausgefallen sind', ńür (DN) 'Riemen, Ledergürtel' ( > Mansi So. ńural-koāliɣ 'Zügelriemen'); ńur (V) 'kahl, unbehaart', ńurǝ (DN) 'kahl, leer', ńŭrǝ (Ni.) 'kahl, unbehaart'
Mansi (Vogul): ńur, ńi̮r 'Riemen', ńor (TJ KU), ńur (P), ńūr (N)
Sammalahti's version: *n'ori
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