beygir
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بیگیر, from Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “beast of burden”), from بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
beygir (definite accusative beygiri, plural beygirler)
Derived terms edit
- beygir gücü (horsepower)
- sütçü beygiri (humorous, idiomatic expression describing self or someone else as lethargic)
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424