یر

See also: ير, بر, پر, پز, بز, تز, ثر, بژ, and تر

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Kyrgyz жер (jer), Chuvash ҫӗр (śĕr), Uyghur يەر (yer), Uzbek yer, Bashkir ер (yer), Turkmen ýer, Khalaj yer, Kazakh жер (jer), Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (y²ir²).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jer/

Noun

یر • (yẹr) (definite accusative یری (yẹri), plural یرلر (yẹrler))

  1. site, land, place, location, a particular point or place in physical space
    Synonyms: آرا (ara), اراجوخ (aracuḫ), آرالق (aralıq)
  2. land, ground, floor, earth; the surface of the Earth
    Synonym: یر یوزی (yẹr yüzi)
  3. land, region, the territory of a person, state, or institution
  4. earth, soil, land; a mixture of mineral particles and organic material
    Synonym: طپراق (ṭopraq)
  5. (politics) position, rank, status, person's condition in the hierarchy of military or government
  6. grave
    Synonyms: كوم (göm), سین (sin)
  7. any part of a human body
  8. (euphemistic) butt, buttocks, ass
  9. reason
Derived terms
  • یر اتمك (yẹr ẹtmek, to reserve)
  • یر ادنمك (yẹr ẹdinmek, to take a position)
  • یر اری (yẹr eri, a man protective of his land)
  • یر اصمرلمق (yẹr ısmarlamaq, to drop to the floor)
  • یر اوپمك (yẹr öpmek, to show respect)
  • یر ایلمك (yẹr eylemek, to give one's place)
  • یر ایچی (yẹr içi, underground)
  • یر بغرسغی (yẹr baġırsaġı, earthworm)
  • یر دوزمك (yẹr düzmek, to prepare a place)
  • یر دپرنمك (yẹr deprenmek, to earthquake)
  • یر دیومك (yẹr divmek, to kick the floor)
  • یر طوتمق (yẹr dutmaq, to settle)
  • یر قرنی (yẹr qarnı, grave)
  • یر كسمك (yẹr kesmek, to travel)
  • یر كوتورمز (yẹr götürmez, quite a lot)
  • یر كوجنی (yẹr göceni, a sort of baby rabbit)
  • یر یرن (yẹr yẹrin, from every side)
  • یر یوزی (yẹr yüzi, surface of the earth)
  • یرجكز (yẹrcügez, shelter)
  • یردش (yẹrdeş, one who is of the same region)
  • یردن قوپمق (yẹrden qopmaq, to be resurrected)
  • یرلنمك (yẹrlenmek, to settle)
  • یرلو (yẹrlü, stable)
  • یرلو یرنده (yẹrlü yẹrinde, appropriate)
  • یرن بولمق (yẹrin bulmaq, to be fullfilled)
  • یرنجه (yẹrince, appropriately)
  • یرندن ازلمك (yẹrinden üzilmek, to move)
  • یرندن التمك (yẹrinden ẹletmek, to scare)
  • یرندن دوشمك (yẹrinden düşmek, to be demoted)
  • یرنه طورمق (yẹrine durmaq, to replace)
  • یرنه قلمق (yẹrine qalmaq, to replace)
  • یرنه قومق (yẹrine qomaq, to replace with)
  • یرنی بكلمك (yẹrini beklemek, to protect one's rank)
  • یرنی صاقلمق (yẹrini saqlamaq, to protect one's position)
  • یره براقمق (yẹre bıraqmaq, to knock down)
  • یره دپلمك (yẹre depilmek, to be crushed)
  • یره دپمك (yẹre depmek, to hit the ground)
  • یره كچمك (yẹre geçmek, to die)
  • یره چالمق (yẹre çalmaq, to knock down)
  • یره یمامق (yẹre yamamaq, to flatten)
  • یری (yẹri, appropriate)
  • یری دوتشمق (yẹri dutuşmaq, to panic)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: yer
  • Gagauz: er
  • Ottoman Turkish: یر (yer)

Further reading

  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), volume VI, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1972, pages 4532-4548
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yer”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, pages 749-750
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɯr/

Noun

یر • (yır) (definite accusative یری (yırı), plural یرلر (yırlar))

  1. alternative form of ایر (ır, song)
Further reading
  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yır”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr (earth; land).

Noun

یر • (yer)

  1. place, location
  2. ground, earth

Derived terms

Descendants