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”)
تكیر طاغ (Tekir Dağ, “a city in Turkey”)

Descendants

Turkish: tekir
→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)

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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