قیصیر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قصر (kısır), قصیر (kısır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïsïr (barren, sterile); cognate with Azerbaijani qısır and related to قیصه (kısa, short), قیصمق (kısmak, to reduce) and قیصراق (kısrak, mare).

Adjective

قیصیر (kısır)

  1. barren, sterile, unable to reproduce
    Synonyms: استرنك (isterenk), عقیم (akim)

Derived terms

  • قیصیرلق (kısırlık, sterility)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kısır
  • Armenian: խըսըր (xəsər)

Further reading

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