cayır cayır
Turkish
Etymology
Reduplication of cayır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, “onomatopoeic for; with hissing or crackling noise”)[1][2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɯɾ.d͡ʒa.jɯɾ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧yır‧ca‧yır
Adverb
- (mainly of something burning, rarely of tearing, splitting apart) violently, quickly, with crackling noises
- Ormanlarımız yaz aylarında cayır cayır yanıyor. ― Our forests are burning violently in summer months.
- (by extension) (of a burning sensation or fever) painfully, severely
- (by extension) (of temperature) scorching hot
- Dışarısı cayır cayır yanarken 40 yıllık çınar ağaçlarının altı püfür püfür olurdu. ― When it was scorching hot outside, it would be breezy under 40 year-old sycamores.
Related terms
- cayırdamak
- cayırtı
- cızırtı
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 640
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- cayır cayır in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cayır cayır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 762
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