seyrek.
Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin.
Meaning & usage
Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin.
Occurring unfrequently; rare, scarce, uncommon.
Where this word comes from
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 (hiräk), Kazakh сирек (sıyrek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak.
In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely.
Where this word comes from
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 (hiräk), Kazakh сирек (sıyrek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak.
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