zecir

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Turkish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish زجر (zecr), from Arabic زَجْر (zajr), verbal noun of زَجَرَ (zajara).

Noun[edit]

zecir (definite accusative zecri, plural zecirler)

  1. (archaic) restraining, chiding, forbidding
  2. (archaic) compulsion

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References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zecir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زجر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1005
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN