صو آیغری

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صو‎ (su, “water”) +‎ آیغر‎ (ayğır, “stallion”).

Noun

صو آیغری‎ • (su ayğırı)

hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Synonym: آت بالغی‎ (at balığı)

Descendants

Turkish: su aygırı

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “su aygırı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4337
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صو آیغری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 43
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صو آیغری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 299

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