صیغیر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sïgïr (“cow”); cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sïγïr, “cow”), Kazakh сиыр (siyr), Tatar сыер (sıyer), Nogai сыйыр (sıyır), Kumyk сыйыр (sıyır), Uzbek sigir, and Turkmen sygyr (“cow”).

Noun

صیغیر • (sığır)

any adult bovine, like an ox, a bull, or a cow, but especially an ox
Synonym: (ox) اوكوز‎ (öküz)

Derived terms

صیغیرتماج‎ (sığırtmaç, “cattle-drover”)
صیغیرلق‎ (sığırlık, “slow-wittedness, stupidity”)

Descendants

Turkish: sığır

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صیغیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 779
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sığır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صیغیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1200

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