Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

See Azerbaijani çirk.

Adjective edit

чирик (çirik)

  1. rotten
  2. dirty, untidy (of a person)

Noun edit

чирик (çirik)

  1. rot (decaying matter)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From *čirik "rotten", from the verbal stem čiri- "to rot, decay", from Proto-Turkic *čẹr (rot; disease).

Cognate with Bashkir серек (serek), Tatar черек (çerek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Karachay-Balkar чирик (çirik), Kumyk чирик (çirik), Uzbek chirik, Uyghur چىرىك (chirik), Azerbaijani çürük, Turkish çürük (rotten), etc.

Adjective edit

чирик (čirik)

  1. rotten

References edit

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