zecir

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زجر (zecr), from Arabic زَجْر (zajr), verbal noun of زَجَرَ (zajara).

Noun

zecir (definite accusative zecri, plural zecirler)

  1. (archaic) restraining, chiding, forbidding
  2. (archaic) compulsion

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zecir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زجر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1005
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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