takir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of relief, a dry fissured crust primarily formed by filamentous cyanobacteria, occurring in the deserts of Central Asia, and similar to a salt flat.

Word forms

takir takirs takyr

Etymology

From Russian такыр (takyr), from a Turkic source; compare Bashkir таҡыр (taqır).

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