kahır

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قهر (kahr), from Arabic قَهْر (qahr), verbal noun of قَهَرَ (qahara, “to oppress; to defeat”). The original sense was subjugation or calamity; the sense of the reaction to such an event evolved later.

Noun

kahır (definite accusative kahrı, plural kahırlar) (archaic)

  1. (obsolete) violence, destruction
  2. anxiety, distress, deep sorrow

Declension

Declension of kahır
singular plural
nominative kahır kahırlar
definite accusative kahrı kahırları
dative kahra kahırlara
locative kahırda kahırlarda
ablative kahırdan kahırlardan
genitive kahrın kahırların

Derived terms

  • kahir (“overwhelming”)

References

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