seyrək

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic سئیرک
Abjad сејрәк

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (gappy, rare, perforated), from *sedre-.

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  • Hyphenation: sey‧rək

Adjective

seyrək (comparative daha seyrək, superlative ən seyrək)

  1. sparse, spaced out, scattered
  2. rare
  3. thin (of hair; of haze, mist etc.)
    • 1981, Ganjali Sabahi, Həyat faciələrindən, quoted in Ҹәнуби Азәрбајҹан Әдәбијјаты Антолоҝијасы, page 378:
      Гәлиз сигар түстүсү сејрәк бир думан кими салона јајылмышды.
      Qəliz siqar tüstüsü seyrək bir duman kimi salona yayılmışdı.
      The dense smoke had spread through the hall like a thin mist.

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