اگیر

See also: اكبر, اکبر, أكبر, اكثر, أكثر, and اکثر

Ottoman Turkish

اگیر

Alternative forms

• اگر (eğir)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اگیر (agir), from Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros).

Noun

اگیر • (eğir)

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

Descendants

• Turkish: eğir
• → Belarusian: а́ер (ájer)
• → Russian: аи́р (aír)
• → Serbo-Croatian: (√ اگیر اوتی (eğir otu))

  Cyrillic script: иђѝрот, ѝђирот

  Latin script: iđìrot, ìđirot

• → Ukrainian: а́їр (ájir), а́єр (ájer)
  • → Polish: ajer

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اگیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 807
• Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 29

Persian

اگیر

Alternative forms

• اگر (ager, eger)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ɡiːɾ], [ʔi.ɡiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiɾ], [ʔi.ɡiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ɡʲiːɹ], [ʔe.ɡʲiːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiɾ], [ʔi.ɡiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	agīr, igīr
Dari reading?	agīr, igīr
Iranian reading?	agir, egir
Tajik reading?	agir, igir

Noun

اگیر • (agir, egir)

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

   Synonym: وج (vaj)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: айыр (aiyr), иір (iır)
• → Middle Armenian: ակիր (akir)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اگیر (eğir), اگر (eğir)
  • Turkish: eğir
  • → Belarusian: а́ер (ájer)
  • → Russian: аи́р (aír)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (√ اگیر اوتی (eğir otu))

    Cyrillic script: иђѝрот, ѝђирот

    Latin script: iđìrot, ìđirot

  • → Ukrainian: а́їр (ájir), а́єр (ájer)
    • → Polish: ajer
• → Uzbek: игир (igir)