azir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عزیر (ʿazir),[1] from Arabic عَزِير (ʕazīr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈziɾ/

Noun

azir

(obsolete or historical) rent paid for the pasture of a field after its crop has been gathered.

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عزیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1299

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “azir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 404
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “azîr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 73

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