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шайыр

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic شايىر
Cyrillic шайыр
Latin şaiyr
Yañalif caiьr
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Etymology

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A regional, West Kypchak term. No cognates found elsewhere. Relation to *sakɨŕ (gum, resin) is unclear.

Cognate with Tatar чәер (çäyer, pitch, resin), Bashkir сайыр (sayır, pitch, resin), Nogai шайыр (şayır, pitch, resin), Kyrgyz чайыр (cayır, pitch, resin), Karachay-Balkar чайыр (çayır, pitch, resin, gum), etc.

Noun

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шайыр (şaiyr)

  1. pitch, resin, gum