جكر

Gulf Arabic

Root
ج ك ر
1 term

Etymology

From جيكر (jēkar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪ.kɪr/

Noun

جِكِر • (jikir) m

  1. (Kuwait) ugliness, unsightliness (usually of a person)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar).

Noun

جكر • (ciger)

  1. (anatomy) liver, lung

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: ciğer
  • → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar)
  • → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
  • → Hungarian: zsiger
  • → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
  • → Greek: τζιγέρι (tzigéri), τζιέρι (tziéri)
  • → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)
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