Where does “çayır” come from?
çayır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چایر — meadow, a field or pasture covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
çayır (Turkish): meadow
Definitions
- meadow
Ancestry of “çayır”, step by step
çayır traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish چایر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | چایر | meadow, a field or pasture covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay |
via Proto-Turkic *čayïr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *čayïr | — |