Chechen

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Georgian კირი (ḳiri), from Old Armenian կիր (kir); see the latter for more.[1]

Noun

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кир (kir?

  1. lime, calcium oxide

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 141
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 605

Dolgan

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Etymology

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From Yakut кир (kir), Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Karachay-Balkar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kir (dirt).

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt

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Kumyk

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “кир”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

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кир (kir) (Arabic spelling كىر)

  1. dirt

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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кир (kirf

  1. (colloquial) dirt, grime

Declension

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Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “кир”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kir. Cognate with Kazakh кір (kır), Kyrgyz кир (kir), Crimean Tatar kir, Karachay-Balkar кир (kir), Kumyk кир (kir), Bashkir кер (ker), Tatar кер (ker), Azerbaijani kir, Turkish kir, Uzbek kir, Uyghur كىر (kir), Tuvan хир (xir), etc.

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt

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кирлӱ (kirlü)

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кир”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Yakut

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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кир (kir)

  1. (intransitive) to gnaw
    Synonym: ыстаа (ıstaa, to chew)
    уҥуоҕу кирuñuoğu kirto gnaw on a bone

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

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кир (kir)

  1. dirt, filth
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  • Yakut: кирдээх (kirdeeq)
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