بایرمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• باییمق (bayımak)

Etymology

A derivation from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich”), whence also بای (bay). Cognate with Southern Altai байыыр (bayïïr), Tuvan байыыр (bayıır), Kazakh баю (baü), Bashkir байыу (bayıw), etc.

Verb

بایرمق • (bayırmak)

1. to become rich

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بایرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337