Sevortyan, E. V. Trial Articles for the "Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages": General and Inter-Turkic Roots (Probnye stati k «Etimologicheskomu slovaryu tyurkskikh yazykov»), 1966. In Russian

Севортян Э. В. Пробные статьи к «Этимологическому словарю тюркских языков» (Общие и межтюркские основы).
Москва : Издательство «Наука», 1966.
96 с. Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат. Тираж 800 экз.
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Sevortyan, Ervand. Trial Articles for the "Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages" (General and Inter-Turkic Roots).
Moscow : Nauka Publishing House, 1966.
96 pp. Softcover, regular format. Print run: 800 copies. In Russian.

This 1966 publication represents a milestone in Soviet linguistics, serving as the experimental precursor to the monumental "Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages." Written by the eminent turkologist Ervand Vladimirovich Sevortyan (1901–1978), this work was issued by the "Nauka" publishing house in a very limited academic print run of only 800 copies. Sevortyan, a Doctor of Philological Sciences and a leading authority on the comparative-historical study of Turkic languages, used these "trial articles" to test the methodology, structure, and depth of analysis that would later define his life's work. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of proto-Turkic reconstructions, including the arrangement of lexical roots across more than thirty languages and dialects, from Old Turkic and Kipchak to modern Oghuz and Siberian groups.
The volume focuses on "general and inter-Turkic" bases, identifying the most ancient semantic kernels shared across the vast geography of the Turkic world. Each entry meticulously tracks phonetic changes and semantic shifts, providing a blueprint for the systematic investigation of common Turkic vocabulary. For historians of linguistics and scholars of Altaic studies, this thin 96-page volume is a critical primary source that documents the rigorous academic standards of the post-war Soviet school of orientalism. Its scarcity, due to the tiny circulation and its status as a specialized working document, makes it a highly sought-after item for collectors of rare linguistic imprints and those interested in the history of the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.