Where does “yırcı” come from?

yırcı (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar yır, from Kipchak yr, from Proto-Turkic yïr — song.

yırcı (Crimean Tatar): singer

Definitions

  1. singer

Ancestry of “yırcı”, step by step

yırcı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar yır

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tataryırfolk-song, song
2Kipchakyrsong
3Proto-Turkicyïrsong

via Turkish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish
Every word from Proto-Turkic yïrEvery word from Kipchak yrEvery word from Crimean Tatar yır