تكیر
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek τῐ́γρῐς (tígris, “tiger”), in reference to its dark vertical stripes.
Adjective
editتكیر • (tekir)
Derived terms
edit- تكیر اوردكی (tekir ördeği, “scoter”)
- تكیر بالغی (tekir balığı, “red mullet”)
- تكیر طاغ (Tekir Dağ, “a city in Turkey”)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tekir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4698
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 585