صیر

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See also: صير and ضير

Ottoman Turkish

صیر

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïr (“lacquer”)[1], a word which Clauson links to Chinese 漆 (qī, “lacquer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

صیر • (sır) (definite accusative صیری (sırı), plural صیرلر (sırlar))

  1. glaze, the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain, used for decoration and to ensure the item is impermeable
    Synonyms: پرداخ (perdah), جلا (cila), مینا (mina)
  2. enamel, a smooth, durable coating for metal, made by fusing and melting powdered glass to a substrate by firing
    Synonym: مینا (mina)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: sır
  • → Armenian: սըռ (səṙ)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 842

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