جلبور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• جلبر (cılbır), جلبیر (cılbır)

Etymology

Likely from Mongolian чылбур (čylbur) ~ чулбуур (čulbuur); compare Tatar чылбыр (çılbır).

Noun

جلبور • (cılbur)

1. halter, a bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of horses to lead or tie them

   Synonyms: افسار (efsar), دیزگین (dizgin), كمند (kemend), یولار (yular)

Descendants

• Turkish: çılbır

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çılbır2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 963
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جلبور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 443
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çılbır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جلبور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 669