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çir

  1. illness

Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Armenian չիր (čʻir).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: çir

Noun

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çir (definite accusative çiri, plural çirler)

  1. (dialectal) Dried fruits like apricot (prune), plum etc.
    Synonym: kak

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative çir
Definite accusative çiri
Singular Plural
Nominative çir çirler
Definite accusative çiri çirleri
Dative çire çirlere
Locative çirde çirlerde
Ablative çirden çirlerden
Genitive çirin çirlerin
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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 629b
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 592, page 121

Further reading

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  • çir”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çir⁵”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1006