باغر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بغر (bağır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *biagïr (“liver”); cognate with Azerbaijani bağır, Bashkir бауыр (bawır), Chuvash пӗвер (pĕver), Kazakh бауыр (bauyr), Kyrgyz боор (boor), Turkmen bagyr, Uyghur بېغىر (bëghir), Uzbek bag'ir and Yakut быар (bıar).

Noun

باغر • (bağır)

  1. epigastrium, praecordia, the upper middle region of the abdomen
  2. (by extension) breast, bosom, chest, the front part of the thorax
    Synonyms: بر (ber), سینه (sine), صدر (sadr), گوگس (göğüs)
  3. (figuratively) the middle part of a mountain, above the skirt and below the summit

Derived terms

  • باغر باصمق (bağır basmak, “to clasp to the bosom”)
  • باغر یلكی (bağır yeleği, “jacket worn under armor”)
  • باغری آچق (bağrı açık, “negligent in dress”)
  • باغری قره (bağrı kara, “distressed, sorrowful”)
  • باغری یانق (bağrı yanık, “heart-sick”)
  • یای باغری (yay bağrı, “middle part of a bow”)
  • باغرساق (bağırsak, “intestine, bowel”)
  • باغرساقداق (bağırdak, “girth with which an infant is fastened into its cradle”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bağır
  • → Armenian: պաղր (paġr)

Further reading

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