seyrek

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سیرك (seyrek, “open, wide apart, loosely woven, rare”), from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (“gappy, rare, perforated”), from *sedre- (“to be rare, to have wide intervals”). By surface analysis, seyre- +‎ -k. Cognates with Azerbaijani seyrək, Bashkir һирәк (hirək), Kazakh сирек (sirek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sejˈɾec/ Hyphenation: sey‧rek === Adjective === seyrek Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin. Synonyms: aralıklı, tek tük Antonym: sık Occurring unfrequently; rare, scarce, uncommon. Synonyms: ender, nadir, nadide ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adverb === seyrek In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely. Synonyms: arada sırada, nadiren, binde bir, bayramdan bayrama === References === === Further reading === “seyrek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu