صیر

See also: صير, and ضير

Ottoman Turkish

صیر

Alternative forms

• صر (sır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïr (“lacquer”), a word which Clauson links to Chinese 漆 (qī, “lacquer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɯɾ/
• Homophone: سر (sır)

Noun

صیر • (sır) (definite accusative صیری (sırı), plural صیرلر (sırlar))

1. glaze, the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain, used for decoration and to ensure the item is impermeable

   Synonyms: پرداخ (perdah), جلا (cila), مینه (mine)

2. enamel, a smooth, durable coating for metal, made by fusing and melting powdered glass to a substrate by firing

   Synonym: مینه (mine)

Derived terms

• آینه صیری (ayna sırı, “tain, silvering”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: sır
• → Armenian: սըռ (səṙ)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “صر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 204
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sır3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4209
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 778a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3019
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük