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yer

Pronunciation: /ˈjeɾ/

“yer” is a Turkish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. place, location
  2. the ground, the earth
  3. ground, floor
  4. land, territory
  5. location, position
  6. site, place, a location where an event occurs
  7. position, rank
  8. importance
  9. any part of a person
  10. butt, buttocks, ass
  11. mark
  12. place, shoes, situation
  13. place, capacity of housing, residence or presence
  14. property, estate, specifically a one suitable for housing or residency
  15. arable soil
  16. farm
  17. bed

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یر, from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Azerbaijani yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.

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