عبیر

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَبِیر (abīr), from Arabic عَبِير (ʕabīr). .

Noun

عبیر • (ʿbyr /ʿäbīr/)

  1. pleasant scent, pleasant smell
    Synonyms: عنبر (ʿnbr /⁠ʿänbär⁠/), عطر (ʿṭr /⁠ʿitr⁠/)
    Near-synonyms: اید (ʾyd /⁠id⁠/), بوی (bwy /⁠būy⁠/)
    عبیر جنت ― ʿbyr jnt /ʿäbīr-i jännät/ ― the smell of heaven
    عبیر توفراق ― ʿbyr twfrāq /ʿäbīr-i tofraq/ ― the pleasant smell of soil
    • 15th Century, Gadāʾī, دیوان [Dīwān], page 97b, line 57:
      چین زلفیندین دم اورماغ‌لیق نی نسبت ای عبیر
      بو کنایت باری سیندین بس خطا بولدی ینا
      čyn zlfyndyn dm ʾwrmāġ-lyq ny nsbt ʾy ʿbyr
      bw knāyt bāry syndyn bs xṭā bwldy ynā
      /čīn-i zülfindin däm urmaġlıq ne nisbät ey ʿäbīr
      bu kināyät barı sendin bäs xätā boldı yana      /
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Derived terms

  • عبیر آسا (ʿbyr ʾāsā /⁠ʿäbīr āsā⁠/)
  • عبیر افسان (ʿbyr ʾfsān /⁠ʿäbīr äfsān⁠/)

Proper noun

عبیر • (ʿbyr)

  1. a male given name, Abeer or Abir

Further reading

  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), “ئەبىر”, in چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 25
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 3
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