mıcır

Turkish

mıcır

Alternative forms

• mucur

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موجور (mucur). See it for more.

Noun

mıcır (definite accusative mıcırı, plural mıcırlar)

1. gravel, slag
2. coal dust, slack
3. (figuratively) the useless portion of something

Further reading

• mıcır on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr
• “mıcır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mıcır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 525, page 109