دكر

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

Pronunciation

Noun

دكر • (dakarm

  1. (especially of animals) male
  2. displaying masculinity

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teġir (value, worth). [1]

Noun

دَكَرْ • (dägär)

  1. worth, value, valor, price
    Synonyms: بَهَا (bahā), قِیْمَتْ (qiymät)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dəyər
  • Ottoman Turkish: دكر (değer)
    • Turkish: değer
    • Armenian: տէյէր (tēyēr)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكَرْ (dägär), from Proto-Turkic *teġir (value, worth),[1] a development of *tẹg- (to cost, be worth), whence دكمك (değmek, to be worth). Cognate with Azerbaijani dəyər.

Noun

دگر • (değer)

  1. value, worth, the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
    Synonym: قیمت (kıymet)

Derived terms

  • دگرسز (değersiz, worthless)
  • دگرلو (değerli, valuable)

Descendants

  • Turkish: değer
  • Armenian: տէյէր (tēyēr)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “teġi:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 485

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar).

Noun

دكر • (dakarm (plural دكور (dukūr))

  1. alternative form of ذكر (zakar)