سكیر

See also: سكير and سکیز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • سكر (siñir), سینیر (sinir)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siŋir (“sinew, tendon”); cognate with Azerbaijani sinir, Bashkir һеңер (heñer), Chuvash шӑнӑр (šănăr), Kazakh сіңір (sıñır), Kyrgyz сиңир (siŋir), Turkmen siňir, Uyghur سىڭىر (si'ngir) and Uzbek singir.

Noun

سكیر • (siñir) (definite accusative سكیری (siñiri), plural سكیرلر (siñirler))

  1. tendon, sinew, a fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment
    Synonyms: پی (pey), طنب (tunub), عصب (ʿasab), كرش (kiriş)
  2. (physiology) nerve, a bundle of neurons that transmits electrical impulses all over the body
    Synonym: عصب (ʿasab)
  3. (psychology) nervousness, tension, the state or quality of being nervous or anxious
  4. (botany) nerve, vein, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle

Derived terms

  • آق سكیر (ak siñir, “white fibrous tissue”)
  • اوكچه سكیری (ökçe siñiri, “tendon of the heel”)
  • سكیر آغریسی (siñir aĝrısı, “neuralgia”)
  • سكیر اوتی (siñir otu, “ribwort, ribgrass”)
  • سكیر اوزامه‌سی (siñir uzaması, “relaxation of a nerve”)
  • سكیر بوزان (siñir bozan, “a variety of oats”)
  • سكیر چكلمه‌سی (siñir çekilmesi, “contraction of a sinew”)
  • سكیرسز (siñirsiz, “without nerves”)
  • سكیرلتمك (siñirletmek, “to make or let be deprived of tendons”)
  • سكیرلمك (siñirlemek, “to hamstring”)
  • سكیرلنمك (siñirlenmek, “to be hamstrung”)
  • سكیرلو (siñirli, “provided with sinews”)
  • صاری سكیر (sarı siñir, “nuchal ligament”)
  • طوپوق سكیری (topuk siñiri, “tendon of the ankle”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sinir
  • → Armenian: սինիր (sinir), սընըր (sənər)

Further reading

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