Etymology

The archetype *sïrğa ~ *ïsïrğa "earring" can be reconstructed, no consensus exists on the derivation of which. Also, its relationship is unclear with Old East Slavic серьга ‎(ser'ga) (whether one was derived from the other, or both were borrowed from a third source), whence Russian серьга́ ‎(serʹgá).

Cognate with Kazakh сырға ‎(sırğa), Tatar, Kyrgyz, Southern Altai, Tuvan сырга ‎(sırga), Crimean Tatar sırğa ‎(sırğa), Uzbek isirgʻa, Khakas ызырға ‎(ızırğa), Yakut ытарҕа ‎(ıtarğa), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɯ̞rˈʁɑ]
• Hyphenation: һыр‧ға