Where does “саз” come from?

саз (Kumyk) comes from Persian ساز — musical instrument.

саз (Kumyk): clay, mud

Definitions

  1. clay, mud

Ancestry of “саз”, step by step

саз traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ساز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسازmusical instrument

via Proto-Turkic *sāŕ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*sāŕmarsh, dirt
Every word from Persian ساز