beygir

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish بیگیر, from Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “beast of burden”), from ‍بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === beygir (definite accusative beygiri, plural beygirler) horse (often derogatory denoting a useless or an old horse) Synonyms: at, düldül a horse only used for carrying loads or pulling carts (sports, gymnastics) vault Synonym: atlama beygiri ==== Derived terms ==== beygir gücü (“horsepower”) sütçü beygiri (humorous, idiomatic expression describing self or someone else as lethargic) === References === Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بیكیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424