dəyirmi
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish değirmi.From Common Turkic *tegirmi, equivalent to devir- + -mi. The latter suffix is unattested in other words in Turkic languages and is likely a variant of -me (as in Chagatai تیکیرمه (täyirmä))[1].
Adjective
dəyirmi (comparative daha dəyirmi, superlative ən dəyirmi)
- round, globular
- circular
- Synonyms: yumru, yuvarlaq, girdə
References
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, page 178
Further reading
- “dəyirmi” in Obastan.com.