шайыр

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	شايىر
Cyrillic	шайыр
Latin	şaiyr
Yañalif	caiьr

Etymology

A regional, West Kypchak term. No cognates found elsewhere. Relation to *sakɨŕ (“gum, resin”) is unclear.

Cognate with Tatar чәер (çäyer, “pitch, resin”), Bashkir сайыр (sayır, “pitch, resin”), Nogai шайыр (şayır, “pitch, resin”), Kyrgyz чайыр (cayır, “pitch, resin”), Karachay-Balkar чайыр (çayır, “pitch, resin, gum”), etc.

Noun

шайыр • (şaiyr)

1. pitch, resin, gum