قهرمان

See also: قہرمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قهرمان (qahramân, “hero”).

Noun

قهرمان • (kahraman)

  1. hero, someone who possess great bravery
    Synonyms: شاهباز (şahbaz), قوچ (koç), قوچاق (koçak), یگیت (yiğit)

Derived terms

  • قهرمانانه (kahramanane, “heroic”)
  • قهرمانلق (kahramanlık, “heroism”)
  • قهرمانی (kahramani, “heroic”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kahraman

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From original کهرمان (kahramân), from a dialectal form of Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾlplmʾn /⁠kārframān⁠/, “overseer, manager”), from Old Median *karhramāna-. The form with initial q- by association with Arabic قَهْر (qahr, “conquest, subjugation, violence, wrath”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäɦ.ɾä.mɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qɑː.ɾä.mɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qɔː.ɾä.mɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? qahramān
Dari reading? qahramān
Iranian reading? ġahramân
Tajik reading? qahramon
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari قهرمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik қаҳрамон

قهرمان • (qahramân) (plural قهرمانان (qahramânân), or قهرمان‌ها (qahramân-hâ))

  1. champion; hero
    قهرمان افسانه‌ای ― qahramân-e afsâne'i ― legendary hero
  2. (sports) champion
    قهرمان شنا ― qahramân-e šenâ ― swimming champion
  3. (fiction) hero, protagonist
    قهرمان فیلم اکشن ― qahramân-e film-e akšen ― action film hero

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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