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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