bozkır

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوز قیر (boz kır). By surface analysis, boz (“grizzle, dun”) +‎ kır (“wilderness; steppe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bozˈkɯɾ/ Hyphenation: boz‧kır === Noun === bozkır (definite accusative bozkırı, plural bozkırlar) steppe, veld, prairie, savanna, any grassland without closed forests and usually arid or semi-arid Synonyms: kır, step ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bozkır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bozkır”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bozkır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 668 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bozkır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük