صیر

See also: صير and ضير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Of Turkic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɯɾ/
• Homophone: سر (sır)

Noun

صیر • (sır)

1. varnish, glaze, enamel

Descendants

• Turkish: sır
• → Armenian: սըռ (səṙ)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَيْر (ṣayr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛjɾ/

Noun

صیر • (seyr)

1. how things be going, course of events or vehicles or the performance of a show etc.

Descendants

• Turkish: seyir

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 778a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3019
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük