kırağı

Meaning

hoar frost, frost, rime, frozen dew forming a white deposit on grass and plants

Hyphenated as

kı‧ra‧ğı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɯ.ɾaˈɰɯ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قراغو (kırağu) or قراغی (kırağı), from Proto-Turkic *kïragu (“frost, hoarfrost”), thought to be related to Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤ (qiraɣu, “frost”).
Cognates
Azerbaijani qırov
Bashkir ҡырау (qıraw)
Crimean Tatar qırav
Dolgan kyrya
Gagauz kraa
Karachay-Balkar къырау (qırau)
Karaim kyrav
Karakalpak qıraw
Karakhanid قِراغُو (qırāɣu)
Kazakh қырау (qyrau)
Khakas хро (xro)
Kumyk къырав (qıraw)
Kyrgyz кыроо (kıroo)
Nogai кырав (kırav)
Shor қыраа, кыраа
Southern Altai кыру (kïru)
Tatar кырау (qıraw), qıraw
Tofa һыраа (hyraa)
Turkmen gyraw
Tuvan хыраа (xıraa)
Uyghur قىرو (qiro)
Uzbek qirov
Western Yugur qʰarɣïm
Yakut кырыа (kırıa)

Sentences

Kırağı yemiş toprak ve taze çimen kokusu etrafı kaplamıştı.

The smell of fried soil and fresh grass covered the place.