Proto-Altaic: *si̯ắŕi
Meaning: earth, sand; marsh
Russian meaning: земля, песок; болото
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?).
