طغار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • تغار (tağar), دغر (dağar), طاغار (dağar, tağar), طغر (dağar, tağar)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تغار (tağar, dağar), from Classical Persian تغار (taġār, tub, trough).

Noun

طغار • (dağar or tağar) (definite accusative طغاری (dağarı, tağarı), plural طغارلر (dağarlar, tağarlar))

  1. shoulder bag or pouch made of leather or skin, generally used to carry food
  2. terrine, an earthenware cooking dish or pan, generally rectangular or oval
  3. (unit of measure) large unit of dry measure, which varies from place to place

Derived terms

  • آتش طغاری (ateş dağarı, stove, burner)
  • بغداد طغاری (bağdad dağarı, unit of measure used in Baghdad)
  • طغارجق (dağarcık, shoulder bag carried by shepherds)
  • طغارلق (dağarlık, faucial bag of a camel)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dağar
  • Albanian: tagar
  • Bulgarian: тага́р (tagár), таа́р (taár), таха́р (tahár)
  • Greek: ταγάρι (tagári)
  • Macedonian: та́гар (tágar)

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