آغر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آغیر (ağır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰍𐰃𐰺 (ǧir¹ /⁠agïr⁠/), Azerbaijani ağır, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Kazakh ауыр (auyr), Kyrgyz оор (oor), Southern Altai уур (uur), Turkmen agyr, Uyghur ئېغىر (⁧'ëghir⁩), Uzbek ogʻir and Yakut ыар (ıar).

Adjective

آغر • (ağır)

  1. heavy, weighty, ponderous, having great weight
    Synonyms: ثقیل (sekil), گران (giran), وزین (vezin)
  2. slow, not quick in motion, taking a long time
    Synonym: یواش (yavaş)
  3. (of food) heavy, indigestible, difficult to digest
  4. (of smell) foul-smelling, fetid, having an unpleasant odor
  5. (of a person) grave, serious, sedate, not cheerful
    Synonym: دولك (dölek)

Derived terms

  • آغر آغر (ağır ağır, “slowly”)
  • آغر باصمق (ağır basmak, “to oppress, as a nightmare”)
  • آغر دللو (ağır dilli, “foul-mouthed”)
  • آغر هوه (ağır hava, “unhealthy air”)
  • آغرجه (ağırca, “somewhat heavy”)
  • آغرلتمق (ağırlatmak, “to make heavy”)
  • آغرلق (ağırlık, “heaviness”)
  • آغرلمق (ağırlamak, “to treat with marks of respect”)
  • آغرلندرمق (ağırlandırmak, “to cause or allow to become sedate”)
  • آغرلنمق (ağırlanmak, “to become heavy”)
  • قولاغی آغر (kulağı ağır, “hard of hearing”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ağır

Further reading

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