kirin

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See also: Kirin and kirîn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ()(りん) (kirin), from Middle Chinese. Doublet of qilin.

Noun

kirin (plural kirins)

  1. Alternative form of qilin

Translations

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kiri

Etymology 2

Verb

kirin

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kiriä

Etymology 3

Noun

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kir

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kirin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きりん

Mursi

Noun

kirin

  1. giraffe

References

  1. ^ David Turton, Mozes Yigezu, Oilsarali Olibui, Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary, 2009

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognates include Bactrian κιρ- (kir-), Persian ـگر (-gar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Verb

Central Kurdish کردن (kirdin)
Southern Kurdish کردن (kirdin)

kirin (third-person singular simple present dike, past tense kir)

  1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)
    • 1994, Dr. Usso B. Barnas, Dr. Johanna Salzer, Lehrbuch der kurdischen Sprache, page 99:
      Dengê bilûra wî wisa xweş bû, ku keç û xortên gund kar û barên xwe dihîştin, tenê şivanê bilûrvan gundar dikir .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, “Ji bo Kurdistanê banga referandumê hate kirin”, in 5 parlamenterên Partiya Keskan a Swêdê diyar kirin ku divê gelê kurd îradeya xwe bi xwe diyar bikin û xwestin ku li Bakûrê Kurdistanê di bin çavderiya Netewên Yekbûyî de referandum bê kirin., retrieved 2012-10-31:
  2. (transitive) to take for husband or wife, to marry (someone)
    • 2012, Min go tu xwe darva bikî jî ez te nakim, niha jî çi dikî bike, qet xema min nîn e., retrieved 2012-01-19:

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References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237