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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Unknown. Cognate with Chuvash карман (karman) and Tatar кирмән (kirmän).
Noun
كرمان • (kerman or kirman) (definite accusative كرمانی (kermanı), plural كرمانلر (kermanlar))
- castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack
- Synonyms: حصار (hisar), حصن (hısn), دز (diz), قسطل (kastel), قلعه (kalʼe)
Derived terms
- آق كرمان (ak kerman, “Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 625
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kermen1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2561
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Castellum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 158
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3926
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Armenian քարման (kʻarman).
Noun
كرمان • (kerman or kirman) (definite accusative كرمانی (kermanı), plural كرمانلر (kermanlar))
- spindle, a rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, especially wool
- Synonyms: ایك (iğ), دوك (dük), مغزل (miğzel)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 249b
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 625
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kirmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2685
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 782, page 155
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Persian کرمان (kermân), from Middle Persian klmʾn (Kermān).
Proper noun
كرمان • (kirmân)
- Kerman (a province in Iran)
- Kerman (a city, the provincial capital of Kerman Province, Iran)
Derived terms
- كرمانی (kirmânî, “of or from Kerman”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3926
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540