seyrek

Adj

1. Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin.
2. Occurring unfrequently; rare, scarce, uncommon.

Adv

In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely.

Opposite of

sık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sejˈɾec/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: سیرك

Cognate with Azerbaijani: seyrək

Cognate with Bashkir: һирәк

Cognate with Kazakh: сирек

Cognate with Kyrgyz: сейрек

Cognate with Tatar: сирәк

Cognate with Turkmen: seýrek

Cognate with Uzbek: siyrak

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سیرك (seyrek, “open, wide apart, loosely woven, rare”), from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (“gappy, rare, perforated”), from *sedre- (“to be rare, to have wide intervals”). By surface analysis, seyre- + -k. Cognates with Azerbaijani seyrək, Bashkir һирәк (hirək), Kazakh сирек (sirek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak.

Concepts

seldom

rarely

rare

scarce

infrequently

loose

thin

uncommon

unusual

sparse

sporadic

tenuous

precious

unoften

seld

Synonyms

nadir

nadiren

ince

pek az

seyrek olarak

zayıf

cılız

az bulunmak biçimde

ender

Translations

selten

rare

rarement

clairsemé

spärlich

zelden

rzadko

rar

raramente

karg

dürftig

rarament

nicht oft

σπάνια

schütter