تكیر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῐ́γρῐς (tígris, “tiger”), in reference to its dark vertical stripes.

Adjective

تكیر • (tekir)

brindled, tabby, of a brownish or grey colour, with stripes, streaks, or spots

Derived terms

تكیر اوردكی‎ (tekir ördeği, “scoter”)
تكیر بالغی‎ (tekir balığı, “red mullet”)

Descendants

Turkish: tekir
→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʿēkʿir)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tekir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4698
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تكیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 396
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tekir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 585

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