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From Ottoman Turkish سلجوق ( selcuk ) , ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك ( sälcük ) attested in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك ( Selcuk ) attested in Mahmud al-Kashgari 's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk , of uncertain etymology. Compare modern Turkish Selçuk .
Pelliot & al. favored derivation via Arabic سَلْجُوق ( saljūq ) from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] ( *Sälčük ) , following some accounts taking the name from Proto-Turkic * sāl ( “ raft ” ) + * -čük ( “ -ock , -let : forming diminutives ” ) from the warlord's supposed birth on a raft on the Syr Darya . There are other early Persian and Arabic transcriptions, however, including سلجوك ( Saljūk ) , سلچوق ( Salčūq ) , and سلجق ( Saljuq ) . Some sources take the original form of the name to have been * Salçuğ or * Salçığ with the meaning "one who fights", "disputes", or "struggles". Some arguing for an original pronunciation of [Term?] ( *Selčük ) or [Term?] ( *Selčuk ) would derive it from an early borrowing of Persian سیل ( seyl , “ flood ” ) + * -čük ( “ -ock , -let : forming diminutives ” ) ; others from * Sel as an earlier name of the Muztagh Ata in the Eastern Pamirs . Caferoğlu and Gedikli argue for derivation from a modified borrowing of Old Uyghur clean , pure ( sil ) + Proto-Turkic * -čük .
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