ciğer

Meaning

general name of lung and liver

Translations

Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒi.jæɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جكر (ciger), from Classical Persian جِگَر (jigar), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ykl /⁠jagar⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *yákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”)

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