صیغیر
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sïgïr (“cow”); cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sïγïr, “cow”), Kazakh сиыр (siyr), Tatar сыер (sıyer), Nogai сыйыр (sıyır), Kumyk сыйыр (sıyır), Uzbek sigir, and Turkmen sygyr (“cow”).
Noun
صیغیر • (sığır)
- any adult bovine, like an ox, a bull, or a cow, but especially an ox
- Synonym: (ox) اوكوز (öküz)
Derived terms
- صیغیرتماج (sığırtmaç, “cattle-drover”)
- صیغیرلق (sığırlık, “slow-wittedness, stupidity”)
Descendants
- Turkish: sığır
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صیغیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 779
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sığır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صیغیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1200