yaygara

Turkish

Alternative forms

• yaykara, haygara (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یایغره (yayğara). Akin to haykırmak (“to scream”). Compare Crimean Tatar yayğara (“cry”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun

yaygara (definite accusative yaygarayı, plural yaygaralar)

1. fuss, ruckus, unnecessary and excessive noise

   yaygara koparmak ― to make a fuss

2. fuss, complaining, whining

   Synonyms: sızlanma, şikâyet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yaygara
Definite accusative	yaygarayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yaygara	yaygaralar
Definite accusative	yaygarayı	yaygaraları
Dative	yaygaraya	yaygaralara
Locative	yaygarada	yaygaralarda
Ablative	yaygaradan	yaygaralardan
Genitive	yaygaranın	yaygaraların

Derived terms

• yaygaracı

 

References

• “yaygara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yaygara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5255b