چاقر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čakïr (light grey, greyish blue). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (čaqïr, blue, grey (of eyes)), Kazakh шағыр (şağyr, blue/grey eyes), Bashkir шағыр (şağır, whitish), etc.

The senses ”wine, intoxicating drink” seems to have a different etymology. Cognate with Kipchak [script needed] (čager, wine) (attested in Codex Cumanicus), Turkmen çakyr (wine), Azerbaijani çaxır (wine), etc.

Adjective

چاقر (çakır)

  1. light blue, grey
  2. blue striped
  3. blue eyed

Noun

چاقر (çakır)

  1. wine, any intoxicating drink
  2. a clattering sound
  3. merlin, stone falcon

Derived terms

  • چاقرجه (çakırca)
  • چاقرجی (çakırcı)
  • چاقر پنچه (çakır pençe)
  • چاقر چوقور (çakır çukur)
  • چاقر دكنی (çakır dikeni)
  • چاقر طوغان (çakır doğan)
  • چاقر قنات (çakır kanat)
  • چاقر كوز (çakır göz)
  • چاقر كیف (çakır keyf)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çakır
  • Armenian: չախըռ (čʿaxəṙ)

Further reading

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