Where does “kirli” come from?

kirli (Turkish) comes from Turkish kır, from Ottoman Turkish كیر, from Old Turkic kir, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

kirli (Turkish): dirty

Definitions

  1. dirty

Ancestry of “kirli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkıruncultivated area, wilderness
2Ottoman Turkishكیرdirt, filth, squalor, any foul matter which soils or defiles
3Old Turkickir—
4Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing

Words derived from “kirli”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ →Every word from Old Turkic kir →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كیر →
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