cındır
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Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a shortening from the original nominalizing reduplication of cırmaq (“to tear, tear apart”) - cır-cındır (“rags, rags and tatters”). Compare Turkish çındır (“sinewy piece of meat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cındır (definite accusative cındırı, plural cındırlar)
- rag
- (colloquial, derogatory) a skint, chronically poor person behaving as such, having cheap manners, needy
- (colloquial, derogatory) a petty person
- (colloquial, derogatory) an impudent / insolent fellow; a person displaying exceptionally low morals or lacking in ethics
Declension
[edit]Declension of cındır | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | cındır |
cındırlar | ||||||
definite accusative | cındırı |
cındırları | ||||||
dative | cındıra |
cındırlara | ||||||
locative | cındırda |
cındırlarda | ||||||
ablative | cındırdan |
cındırlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | cındırın |
cındırların |
Derived terms
[edit]- cındırçı (“rag-and-bone man”)
- cındır bazarı (“flea market”)
- cındırlıq
Adjective
[edit]cındır (comparative daha cındır, superlative ən cındır)
- tacky, lowbrow
- Synonym: səviyyəsiz
Further reading
[edit]- “cındır” in Obastan.com.