آغر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آغیر (ağır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (heavy); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺 (ǧir¹ /⁠agïr⁠/), Azerbaijani ağır, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Kazakh ауыр (auyr), Kyrgyz оор (oor), Southern Altai уур (uur), Turkmen agyr, Uyghur ئېغىر (⁧'ëghir⁩), Uzbek ogʻir and Yakut ыар (ıar).

Adjective

آغر • (ağır)

  1. heavy, weighty, ponderous, having great weight
    Synonyms: ثقیل (sekil), گران (giran), وزین (vezin)
  2. slow, not quick in motion, taking a long time
    Synonym: یواش (yavaş)
  3. (of food) heavy, indigestible, difficult to digest
  4. (of smell) foul-smelling, fetid, having an unpleasant odor
  5. (of a person) grave, serious, sedate, not cheerful
    Synonym: دولك (dölek)

Derived terms

  • آغر آغر (ağır ağır, slowly)
  • آغر باصمق (ağır basmak, to oppress, as a nightmare)
  • آغر دللو (ağır dilli, foul-mouthed)
  • آغر هوه (ağır hava, unhealthy air)
  • آغرجه (ağırca, somewhat heavy)
  • آغرلتمق (ağırlatmak, to make heavy)
  • آغرلق (ağırlık, heaviness)
  • آغرلمق (ağırlamak, to treat with marks of respect)
  • آغرلندرمق (ağırlandırmak, to cause or allow to become sedate)
  • آغرلنمق (ağırlanmak, to become heavy)
  • قولاغی آغر (kulağı ağır, hard of hearing)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ağır

Further reading

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