موجور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Usually considered an Armenian borrowing: compare Armenian մճիր (mčir), մոծիր (mocir, “ash, coal dust”). See also Byzantine Greek μουντζούρα (mountzoúra, “black stain, coal stain”).

Noun

موجور • (mucur, mıcır)

  1. scoria, dregs
  2. (colloquial) coal dust, slack
  3. (figuratively) the useless portion of something

Descendants

  • Turkish: mıcır, mucur

References

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