beygir

From Ottoman Turkish بیگیر, from Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “beast of burden”), from ‍بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”).

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beygir (definite accusative beygiri, plural beygirler)

1. horse (often derogatory denoting a useless or an old horse)

   Synonym: at

2. nag (old or useless horse)

• beygir gücü (horsepower)
• sütçü beygiri (humorous, idiomatic expression describing self or someone else as lethargic)

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424