çırban

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ջրպան (ǰrpan).

Noun

çırban

  1. (dialectal) an official administering irrigation waters

References

  • çırban”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press