çayır

See also: cayır, çayîr, and çayir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چایر‎ (çayır, “meadow”), a word of Proto-Turkic origin.

Noun

çayır (definite accusative çayırı, plural çayırlar)

  1. meadow
  2. pasture (land on which livestock grazes)
  3. pasturage (grass eaten by livestock)

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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