cayır cayır

== Turkish == === Etymology === Reduplication of cayır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, “onomatopoeic for; with hissing or crackling noise”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈjɯɾ.d͡ʒa.jɯɾ/ Hyphenation: ca‧yır‧ca‧yır === Adverb === cayır cayır (mainly of something burning, rarely of tearing, splitting apart) violently, quickly, with crackling noises Ormanlarımız yaz aylarında cayır cayır yanıyor. ― Our forests are burning violently in summer months. (by extension) (of a burning sensation or fever) painfully, severely (by extension) (of temperature) scorching hot Dışarısı cayır cayır yanarken 40 yıllık çınar ağaçlarının altı püfür püfür olurdu. ― When it was scorching hot outside, it would be breezy under 40-year-old sycamores. ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “cayır cayır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cayır cayır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 762