labyr
Turkmen
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Latin | labyr |
| Cyrillic | лабыр |
| Arabic | لابر |
Etymology
Compare Azerbaijani lövbər, Kumyk and Lezgi лабар (labar). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Native words in Turkic languages do not usually start with /l/, so this is likely a borrowing.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːˈbɯɾ/, [ɫɑːˈβɯɾ]
- Hyphenation: la‧byr
Noun
labyr (definite accusative labyry, plural labyrlar)
- anchor
- 18th century, Makhdumquli Firaghi, “Döwletalynyň”, in Magtymguly Pyragynyň Diwany [The Diwan of Makhdumquli Firaghi][1], volume 1, pages 344–345, lines 29–32:
- تمناسی یردین آسمانه دنکدور
بیشهده ببردور داغدا پلنکدور
کامیکه لابردور دریا نهنکدور
هر یان بارسه اوزی دولتعلینینک- Temennasy ýerden asmana deňdir,
Bişede babyrdyr, dagda peleňdir,
Gämige labyrdyr, derýa näheňdir,
Her ýan barsa özi Döwletalynyň. - His aspirations stretched from earth to sky,
He was a tiger in the forest, a leopard on the mountain,
He was an anchor to ships, a whale in the sea,
Wherever he went, there was Döwletaly.
- Temennasy ýerden asmana deňdir,
- weight
- Synonyms: agram, agrylyk
- oppression
- Synonyms: zulum, sütem
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | labyr | labyrlar |
| accusative | labyry | labyrlary |
| genitive | labyryň | labyrlaryň |
| dative | labyra | labyrlara |
| locative | labyrda | labyrlarda |
| ablative | labyrdan | labyrlardan |
Derived terms
- labyr taşlamak (“to drop anchor”)
- labyrdepen (“anchorman”)