بایرمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

باییمق‎ (bayımak)

Etymology

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich”), whence also بای‎ (bay). Cognate with Southern Altai байыыр (bayïïr), Tuvan байыыр (bayıır), Kazakh баю (bayw), Bashkir байыу (bayïw), etc.

Verb

بایرمق • (bayırmak)

to become rich

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بایرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337

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