mıcır

Turkish

mıcır

Alternative forms

mucur

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موجور (mucur). See it for more.

Noun

mıcır (definite accusative mıcırı, plural mıcırlar)

gravel, slag
coal dust, slack
(figuratively) the useless portion of something

Further reading

mıcır on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr
“mıcır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mıcır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 525, page 109

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