kır
kırmak
- (transitive) to break
- (figuratively, transitive) to hurt someone's feelings
- (figuratively, transitive) to skip school
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɯɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited 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).
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