kır
Meaning
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- uncultivated area, wilderness
- countryside
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɯɾ/
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قیر (kır), from Proto-Turkic *kïr (“mountain”). The color-sense developed from the nominal sense ("the color of the mountains") and is attested already in Karakhanid قِرْ (qïr).
New
kırmak
- to break
- to hurt someone's feelings
- to skip (school)
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