حصیر

See also: حصير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَصِير (ḥaṣīr, mat).

Noun

حصیر • (hasır) (definite accusative حصیری (hasırı), plural حصر (husur))

  1. mat, matting, a flat piece of woven of rushes or palm-leaves, used as a decorative or protective floor covering
    Synonym: بوریا (burya)

Derived terms

  • اینچه حصیر (inçe hasır, fine mat)
  • باشه حصیر یاقمق (başa hasır yakmak, to despair, literally to burn matting on the head)
  • حصیر اوتی (hasir otu, rush)
  • حصیر بچمی (hasır bıçımı, mat shape, lug shape)
  • حصیر دوشه‌مك (hasır döşemek, to mat)
  • حصیر سوپوركه‌سی (hasır süpürgesi, broom made of broomcorn)
  • حصیر صازی (hasır sazı, bulrush)
  • حصیر قاپلامق (hasır kaplamak, to cover with matting)
  • حصیرجی (hasırcı, matmaker)
  • حصیرلاتمق (hasırlatmak, to be covered with matting)
  • حصیرلامق (hasırlamak, to cover with matting)
  • حصیرلانمق (hasırlanmak, to be matted over)
  • حصیرلو (hasırlı, matted, covered with matting)
  • حصیری (hasirî, pertaining to mats)
  • قبا حصیر (kaba hasır, thick mat)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hasır
  • Albanian: hasër

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَصِير (ḥaṣīr, mat).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hasīr
Dari reading? hasīr
Iranian reading? hasir
Tajik reading? hasir

Noun

Dari حصیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳасир

حصیر • (hasīr) (plural حصیرها, or حُصُر (hosor))

  1. mat woven of rushes, palm-leaves, etc.
    Synonym: بوریا (buriyâ)
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[6]:
      قبه‌ای نیز عظیم بزرگ منقش به مینا چنان که صفت کرده آمد و در آنجا حصیرهایی مغربی انداخته و قندیل‌ها و مسرج‌ها جداجدا به سلسله‌ها آویخته است.
      qubba'ē nēz azīm buzurg munaqqaš ba mīnā čunān ki sifat karda āmad u dar ānjā hasīrhāyē maġribī andāxta u qandīlhā u masrajhā judā-judā ba silsilahā āwēxta ast.
      There is also a dome, grand and splendid and embossed with enamel as has been described, and inside, North African rush mats have been put down, and candles and lamps are hung from chains in pairs.