دكرمن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tegirmen (“mill”),[1] a development from *tegir- (“round, circle; to turn, to spin”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani dəyirman, Bashkir тирмән (tirmən), Crimean Tatar degirmen, Kazakh диірмен (diırmen), Kyrgyz тегирмен (tegirmen), Turkmen degirmen, Uyghur تۈگمەن (tügmen) and Uzbek tegirmon.

Noun

دكرمن • (değirmen) (definite accusative دكرمنی (değirmeni), plural دكرمنلر (değirmenler))

  1. mill, a grinding apparatus or appliance for substances such as grains and seeds
    Synonyms: آسیا (asya), رحی (raha)
  2. mill, a building housing such an apparatus powered by animals, wind, or water

Derived terms

  • ال دكرمنی (el değirmeni, “handmill, quern”)
  • اون دكرمنی (un değirmeni, “gristmill, flourmill”)
  • بیكیر دكرمنی (beygir değirmeni, “mill operated by pack horses”)
  • حیوان دكرمنی (hayvan değirmeni, “mill operated by pack animals”)
  • خروس دكرمنی (horos değirmeni, “rotating, circular ventilator”)
  • دكرمن حقی (değirmen hakkı, “due payable for the use of a mill”)
  • دكرمن طاشی (değirmen taşı, “millstone”)
  • دكرمنجی (değirmenci, “miller”)
  • دكرمنلك (değirmenlik, “place of mills”)
  • صو دكرمنی (su değirmeni, “watermill”)
  • یاغ دكرمنی (yağ değirmeni, “oil mill”)
  • یل دكرمنی (yel değirmeni, “windmill”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: değirmen
  • → Armenian: տեյիրմեն (teyirmen)
  • → Macedonian: дермен (dermen)
  • → Romani: derméno

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tegirme:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 486

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