davar

Meaning

  1. Group of sheep or goats
  2. cattle, livestock
  3. (derogatory, slang) stupid and rude person
  4. sheep

Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوار (davar, “cattle”), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوار (ṭavar, davar), from Proto-Turkic *tabar (“wares, goods, livestock”). Cognate with Old Uyghur tʾβʾr (tavar, “goods, livestock”), Karakhanid تَڤَرْ (tavar, “property, wealth, cattle”), Bashkir тауар (tawar, “wares, goods, merchandise”). Note also Middle Armenian տաւար (tawar), a Turkic borrowing.

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