щир

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ščirъ.

Noun

щир (štirm

  1. amaranth (Amaranthus gen. et spp.)
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Descendants
  • Gagauz: iştir
  • Romanian: știr
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشتیر (iştir), اشتر (iştir)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek στείρος (steíros).

Adjective

щир (štir)

  1. (popular) infecund, not succeeding in getting children
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Further reading

  • щир”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014