قیر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïr (“isolated mountain; steppe, wilderness”); cognate with Azerbaijani qır, Bashkir ҡыр (qır), Chuvash хир (hir), Kazakh қыр (qyr), Kyrgyz кыр (kır), Turkmen gyr, Uyghur قىر (qir) and Uzbek qir.

Noun

قیر • (kır) (definite accusative قیری (kırı), plural قیرلر (kırlar))

  1. steppe, the grasslands typical of Eastern Europe and Asia, similar to prairies and savannas
    Synonym: سته‌پ (step)
  2. wilderness, waste, uncultivated and unsettled land with wild animals and vegetation growing wild
    Synonym: یابان (yaban)
  3. countryside, an area located outside of cities or towns, a rural area that is not urban or suburban
    Synonym: كوی (köy)

Adjective

قیر • (kır)

  1. grey, of a grey hue, of an intermediate colour between black and white
    Synonym: بوز (boz)
  2. uncultivated, not cultivated by agricultural methods, not prepared for cultivation

Derived terms

  • آق قیر (ak kır, “greyish white (of a horse)”)
  • آل قیر (al kır, “ruddy grey (of a horse)”)
  • آلا قیر (ala kır, “dappled grey (of a horse)”)
  • دمیر قیر (demir kır, “iron grey (of a horse)”)
  • سوت قیر (süt kır, “milk grey (of a horse)”)
  • قیر آت (kır at, “grey horse”)
  • قیر سرداری (kır serdarı, “chief of rural police”)
  • قیر شهری (kır şehri, “Kırşehir, a city and province in Turkey”)
  • قیر صاچلو (kır saçlı, “grey-haired”)
  • قیر یر (kır yer, “steppe, uncultivated place”)
  • قیرلرده كزمك (kırlarda gezmek, “to live a nomadic life”)
  • قیرچیل (kırçıl, “somewhat mixed with grey”)
  • قیراچ (kıraç, “uncultivated, left in fallow”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kır
  • → Armenian: խըռ (xəṙ), ղըռ (ġəṙ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kŕdža, кр́џа

Further reading

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