Where does “çayîr” come from?

çayîr (Zazaki) comes from Turkish çayır, from Ottoman Turkish چایر — meadow, a field or pasture covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.

çayîr (Zazaki): meadow

Definitions

  1. meadow

Ancestry of “çayîr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçayırmeadow
2Ottoman Turkishچایرmeadow, a field or pasture covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay
Every word from Ottoman Turkish چایر →Every word from Turkish çayır →