Where does “sygyr” come from?

sygyr (Turkmen) comes from Arabic شِعْر — poem, poetry.

sygyr (Turkmen): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “sygyr”, step by step

sygyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic شِعْر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشِعْرpoem, poetry

via Proto-Turkic *sïgïr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*sïgïrcow
Every word from Arabic شِعْر