موجور

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Usually considered an Armenian borrowing: compare Armenian մճիր (mčir), մոծիր (mocir, ash, coal dust). See also Byzantine Greek μουντζούρα (mountzoúra, black stain, coal stain).

Noun

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موجور (mucur, mıcır)

  1. scoria, dregs
  2. (colloquial) coal dust, slack
  3. (figuratively) the useless portion of something

Descendants

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  • Turkish: mıcır, mucur

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