bayram

Phrases
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Nasıldı  bu   bayram ?

Comment étaient ces vacances?

Signification (Anglais)

  1. Eid, religious festival.
  2. Religious festival of any variety.
  3. A public holiday, religious or not, especially national holidays.
  4. (figuratively) A very happy situation.

Synonymes

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/bɑjɾɑm/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish بیرام (bayram), from Proto-Turkic *badram (“feast”). Nişanyan and Clauson suggests a borrowing from Iranian source, despite Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk stating a Turkic etymology. See the reconstruction page for more. Alternatively, related to Proto-Mongolic *bayar (“joy”), whence also Mongolian баяр (bajar). Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Bashkir байрам (bayram), Azerbaijani bayram, etc.

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