جكر

Gulf Arabic

Root
ج ك ر
1 term

Etymology

From جيكر (jēkar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.kɪr/

Noun

جِكِر • (jikir) m

1. (Kuwait) ugliness, unsightliness (usually of a person)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar).

Noun

جكر • (ciger)

1. (anatomy) liver, lung

Derived terms

• آق جكر (ak ciğer)
• قره جكر (kara ciğer)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ciğer
• → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar)
• → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
• → Hungarian: zsiger
• → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
• → Greek: τζιγέρι (tzigéri), τζιέρι (tziéri)
• → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)