cayır cayır

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Reduplication of cayır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, onomatopoeic for; with hissing or crackling noise).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɯɾ.d͡ʒa.jɯɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧yır‧ca‧yır

Adverb

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cayır cayır

  1. (mainly of something burning, rarely of tearing, splitting apart) violently, quickly, with crackling noises
    Ormanlarımız yaz aylarında cayır cayır yanıyor.Our forests are burning violently in summer months.
  2. (by extension) (of a burning sensation or fever) painfully, severely
  3. (by extension) (of temperature) scorching hot
    Dışarısı cayır cayır yanarken 40 yıllık çınar ağaçlarının altı püfür püfür olurdu.When it was scorching hot outside, it would be breezy under 40 year-old sycamores.
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 640
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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