بایرمق
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- باییمق (bayımak)
Etymology
A derivation from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich”), whence also بای (bay). Cognate with Southern Altai байыыр (bayïïr), Tuvan байыыр (bayıır), Kazakh баю (bayw), Bashkir байыу (bayïw), etc.
Verb
بایرمق • (bayırmak)
- to become rich
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بایرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337