ağır

Meaning

  1. heavy
  2. intense
  3. slow

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈɯɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغر (ağır, “heavy”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (aɣïr, “heavy”), from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”). Cognate of Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺 (ǧir¹ /⁠agïr⁠/, “heavy”) and Uzbek ogʻir.

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Sentences
Baş   ağır   gerek kulak
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  sağır .

The head is needed heavily, the ear is deaf.

Ağır  adımlarla çıktım, koridorda dolaşmaya başladım.

I took slow steps and started walking in the corridor.

Romanya
Romanya
  küresel   ekonomik   krizden   ağır  etkilendi.

Romania has been hit badly by the global economic turmoil.

Yasaya uymayanları  ise   ağır  cezalar bekliyor.

Drastic penalties await those who fail to abide by the law.

Bedri Macide’nin bekleyeceği kahvelere  doğru   ağır ağır  yürüdü.

Bedri walked slowly towards the coffees that Macide would wait for.

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