nahır

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • naḫır, nahir, nahız, naıl, nakır, neḫır[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian նախիր (naxir)[2][3][4]

Noun

nahır

  1. (dialectal) herd of various animals[1]
  2. (dialectal) herd of cattle[1]
  • nahırcı
  • nahırkavan

References
  1. “nahır”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, pages 3233–3234
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նախիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 422a
  3. Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 112
  4. Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, page 63
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