قیران

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قیرـ (kır-, “to break, crack; decimate”) +‎ ـان (-an).

Adjective

قیران • (kıran)

  1. breaking, fracturing, cracking, that breaks, fractures, or cracks
  2. decimating, massacring, devastating, that decimates, massacres, or devastates

Derived terms

  • صاچ قیران (saç kıran, “ringworm”)
  • صبان قیران (saban kıran, “restharrow”)
  • فندق قیران (fındık kıran, “nutcracker”)
  • قایش قیران (kayış kıran, “restharrow”)
  • قویون قیران (koyun kıran, “rose of Sharon”)

Noun

قیران • (kıran) (definite accusative قیرانی (kıranı), plural قیرانلر (kıranlar))

  1. murrain, epizootic, any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle
    Synonym: موتان (mutan)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kıran

Further reading

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