هير

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kï̄ŕ.

Noun

هِير (hîr)

1. (Volga Bulgar) girl

   عُشمَان هِيرِ خَرمَاس بَلُوي كُ ― 'usmân hîri Xarmās belüwi kü. ― This is the monument of Osman's daughter Kharmas.

Descendants

• Chuvash: хӗр (hĕr)

Further reading

• Róna-Tas, András, Fodor, S. (1973) Epigraphica Bulgarica: A Volgai Bolgar-Török Feliratok‎^[1] (in Hungarian), Szeged, page 152
• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 78
• Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 163