cayır

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, “onomatopoeic for; hissing or crackling noise”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɯɾ/
Hyphenation: ca‧yır

Noun

cayır

The sound that something burning or tearing makes; cracking, crackling.

Usage notes

Not used by itself, exclusively in reduplication as adverb. See; cayır cayır.

Related terms

cayırdamak
cayırtı
cızırtı

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 640
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cayır¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 762

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