yirã

Forms

yirã m (plural yiradz)^[1]

• Plural yiradz.^[2][1]
• Other spellings: YIRĂ, plural yirádz, in Papahagi's dictionary;^[3] Yiră in Geagea;^[4] γερά (yeră), plural γεράτζ, in the Greek script of Nikolaidis;^[5] YÉRǍ, plural yeradzǐ, beside Nikolaidis's YÍRǍ, in Polenaković.^[6]
• Geagea marks it as a Greek word used in the south.^[4]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Turkish yara (“wound”),^[3][6][5] which in Turkish means a cut opened in the body.^[7] Polenaković compares Bulgarian яра (jara).^[6]

Geagea takes it instead from Modern Greek γιαράς (giarás, “wound”), which he records as γιράς (girás) in Epirus;^[4] Papahagi names the Greek word beside the Turkish one.^[3] Nikolaidis takes the singular from Turkish and the plural ending from the Greek plural γιράδες (girádes).^[5]

Semantic evolution

Cunia defines it as a wound made in the body by a stone, knife, bullet or the like, giving aranã, ranã and pleagã as synonyms.^[2] Polenaković adds the sense "scar".^[6]

Timeline

• 1909 – yeră “wound, ulcer” in Nikolaidis's dictionary.^[5]
• 1932 – Geagea lists it among the Greek elements.^[4]
• 1963 – Papahagi derives it from Turkish yara.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A wound.^[2][1][3]
2. A scar.^[6]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 1111
3. ^ a b c d e Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 526
4. ^ a b c d Geagea, Christea (1932), Elementul grec în dialectul aromân, Cernăuți: Institutul de Arte Grafice și Editură Glasul Bucovinei (offprint from Codrul Cosminului VII, pp. 205–431), p. 426
5. ^ a b c d Νικολαΐδης, Κωνσταντίνος (1909), Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης, Αθήνα, p. 129
6. ^ a b c d e Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007), Турски елементи во ароманскиот јазик, Скопје, p. 122
7. ^ Tietze, Andreas (2002–2018), Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lugatı, Istanbul: Simurg; Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences