تكیر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῐ́γρῐς (tígris, “tiger”), in reference to its dark vertical stripes.

Adjective

تكیر • (tekir)

1. brindled, tabby, of a brownish or grey colour, with stripes, streaks, or spots

Derived terms

• تكیر اوردكی (tekir ördeği, “scoter”)
• تكیر بالغی (tekir balığı, “red mullet”)
• تكیر طاغ (Tekir Dağ, “a city in Turkey”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: tekir
• → Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tekir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4698
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تكیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tekir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 585