seyrek

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سیرك (seyrek, open, wide apart, loosely woven, rare),[1] from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (gappy, rare, perforated), from *sedre- (to be rare, to have wide intervals).[2][3] 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sejˈɾec/
  • Hyphenation: sey‧rek

Adjective

seyrek

  1. Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin.
    Synonyms: aralıklı, tek tük
    Antonym: sık
  2. Occurring unfrequently; rare, scarce, uncommon.
    Synonyms: ender, nadir, nadide

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Adverb

seyrek

  1. In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely.
    Synonyms: arada sırada, nadiren, binde bir, bayramdan bayrama

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1101
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sedre-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seyrek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • seyrek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu