جومرد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جومرد (jumard), shortening of جوانمرد (javân-mard, brave, generous). Compare other Turkic languages, such as Bashkir йомарт (yomart), Kazakh жомарт (jomart), Tatar юмарт (yumart), Turkmen jomart and Uzbek jumard.

Adjective

جومرد • (cömerd)

  1. generous, liberal, munificent, permitting liberty, willing to give and share unsparingly
    Synonyms: سمیح (semih), كریم (kerim)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: cömert
  • Romanian: giumert

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