Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic хачир
Latin xachir
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *katïr (mule) through reborrowing from Mongolian [Term?]. Cognate of Uyghur خېچىر (xëchir), Azerbaijani qatır, Turkish katır, Kazakh қашыр (qaşyr), Tatar качыр (qaçır), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /χæˈt͡ʃiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: xa‧chir

Noun

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xachir (plural xachirlar)

  1. mule (hybrid of male donkey and female horse)

See also

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