Chechen edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Georgian კირი (ḳiri), from Old Armenian կիր (kir); see the latter for more.[1]

Noun edit

кир (kir?

  1. lime, calcium oxide

References edit

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 141
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 605

Dolgan edit

Etymology edit

From Yakut кир (kir), Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun edit

кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Karachay-Balkar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kir (dirt).

Noun edit

кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Derived terms edit

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun edit

кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “кир”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun edit

кир (kir) (Arabic spelling كىر)

  1. dirt

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

кир (kirf

  1. (archaic) dirt

Declension edit

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kir. Cognate with Kazakh кір (kır), Kyrgyz кир (kir), Crimean Tatar kir, Karachay-Balkar кир (kir), Kumyk кир (kir), Bashkir кер (ker), Tatar кер (ker), Azerbaijani kir, Turkish kir, Uzbek kir, Uyghur كىر (kir), Tuvan хир (xir), etc.

Noun edit

кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Derived terms edit

кирлӱ (kirlü)

References edit

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кир”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Yakut edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

кир (kir)

  1. (intransitive) to gnaw
    Synonym: ыстаа (ıstaa, to chew)
    уҥуоҕу кирuñuoğu kirto gnaw on a bone

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun edit

кир (kir)

  1. dirt, filth
Derived terms edit
  • Yakut: кирдээх (kirdeeq)
Descendants edit