پیره

Ottoman Turkish

پیره

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bürge (“flea”); cognate with Azerbaijani birə, Bashkir бөрсә (börsə), Kazakh бүрге (bürge), Kyrgyz [script needed] (bürgö), Turkmen büre, Uyghur بۈرگە (bürge) and Uzbek burga.

Noun

پیره • (pire)

  1. flea, any small, parasitic insect in the order Siphonaptera
    Synonyms: برغوث (burgus), كیك (keyk)
  2. aphid, any sap-sucking insect in the superfamily Aphidoidea
    Synonym: یپراق بتی (yaprak biti)

Derived terms

  • پیره اوتی (pire otu, “fleawort”)
  • پیره‌لندرمك (pirelendirmek, “to make or let become a flea”)
  • پیره‌لنمك (pirelenmek, “to become a flea or aphyd”)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: pirä
  • Turkish: pire
  • → Armenian: փիրէ (pʻirē)

Further reading

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