ağır

See also: agir

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ағыр
Perso-Arabic آغؽر‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”). Possibly related to Azerbaijani ağrı (“pain”), or contaminated with the latter. Cognate with Crimean Tatar ağır (“heavy”), Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺‎ (ǧir¹ /agïr/, “heavy”), Turkish ağır (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈɣɯr]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ğır
  • (file)

Adjective

ağır (comparative daha ağır, superlative ən ağır)

  1. heavy
    ağır yük ― heavy weight
    ağır artilleriya ― heavy artillery
    Antonym: yüngül
  2. severe, hard, bad
    ağır zərbə ― severe blow
    ağır xəsarət ― severe injury
    ağır təhqir ― severe insult
    ağır vəziyyət ― severe situation
    ağır iş şəraiti ― severe working conditions

Derived terms

Adverb

ağır

  1. severely
    ağır yaralanmaq ― to be severely injured

Descendants

  • → Lezgi: агъур (aġur)

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”).

Adjective

ağır

  1. heavy

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *iagïr. Cognate with Turkish ağır.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʼɑːʁɤɹ]

Adjective

ağır

  1. heavy
    Antonym: yumul

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “āɣyrž”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 282
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “ʼɑʁər”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 20, 133
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “aağïr”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 8

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغر‎ (ağır, “heavy”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (aɣïr, “heavy”) from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺‎ (ǧir¹ /agïr/, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈɰɯ́ɾ̝̊]
  • IPA(key): /ɑ.ɑ́ɾ̝̊/ (colloquial)

Adjective

ağır

  1. heavy
    Antonym: hafif
  2. intense
  3. slow
    Synonym: yavaş

Declension

Antonyms

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