haygır

Gagauz

Alternative forms

• aygır

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ayğır), from Proto-Turkic *adgïr. Compare Turkish aygır, Albanian hajger.

Noun

haygır

1. stallion

   haygıra getirmee ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• haygırlanmaa

 

References

• Baskakov, N. A. (1991) “haygır”, in İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 116a
• Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “haigâr”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 59a