beygir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیكیر‎, from Persian بارگیر‎ (bārgīr, “beast of burden”), from ‍بار‎ (bār, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر‎ (gīr, “carrying”).

Noun

beygir (definite accusative beygiri, plural beygirler)

  1. horse (often derogatory denoting a useless or an old horse)
    Synonym: at
  2. nag (old or useless horse)

Derived terms
  • sütcü beygiri, ( humorous, idiomatic expression describing self or someone else as lethargic)

References
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