بیگیر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بارگیر (bârgîr)

Etymology

From Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “beast of burden”), a compound of ‍بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”).

Noun

بیگیر • (beygir)

  1. pack horse, a horse used for carrying luggage

Derived terms

  • بیگیر گبی (beygir gibi, “clumsy, awkward, stupid”)
  • بیگیرجی (beygirci, “renter of pack horses”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: beygir
  • → Armenian: պէկիր (pēkir), պէյկիր (pēykir), պէրկիր (pērkir)

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