cayır

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, “onomatopoeic for; hissing or crackling noise”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɯɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧yır

Noun

cayır

  1. The sound that something burning or tearing makes; cracking, crackling.

Usage notes

  • Not used by itself, exclusively in reduplication as adverb. See; cayır cayır.
  • cayırdamak
  • cayırtı
  • cızırtı

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 640
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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