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bayram.

Eid, religious festival.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/bajˈɾam/[ba̠jˈɾa̠m]

  1. Eid, religious festival.

    Ramazan Bayramı
    Şeker Bayramı

  2. Religious festival of any variety.

    Dana Bayramı
    Noel Bayramı

  3. A public holiday, religious or not, especially national holidays.

    Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı
    Cumhuriyet Bayramı

  4. A very happy situation.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بیرام (bayram), from Proto-Turkic *badram (“feast”). Nişanyan and Clauson suggests a borrowing from Iranian source, In his work Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, Kashgari states that he did not know the meaning of the word but had heard it from the Persians, and that the Oghuz Turks used this word to mean "joy".https://www.tdk.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Osman-F.-Sertkaya-_-%E2%80%9CBAYRAM%E2%80%9D-KEL%C4%B0MES%C4%B0-%C3%9CZER%C4%B0NE-_-9.pdf See the reconstruction page for more. Alternatively, related to Proto-Mongolic *bayar (“joy”), whence also Mongolian баяр (bajar). Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Kazakh мейрам (meyram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Bashkir байрам (bayram), Azerbaijani bayram, etc.

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