بایرمق
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- باییمق (bayımak)
Etymology
A derivation from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich”), whence also بای (bay). Cognate with Southern Altai байыыр (bayïïr), Tuvan байыыр (bayıır), Kazakh баю (baü), Bashkir байыу (bayıw), etc.
Verb
بایرمق • (bayırmak)
- to become rich
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بایرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337