كدمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kētmen (“hoe, mattock”); cognate with Azerbaijani kətmən, Bashkir кәтмән (kətmən), Chuvash катмак (katmak), Kazakh кетпен (ketpen), Kyrgyz кетмен (ketmen), Turkmen kätmen, Uyghur كەتمەن (ketmen) and Uzbek ketmon.

Noun

گدمان • (gedman or gedmen) (definite accusative گدمانی (gedmeni), plural گدمانلر (gedmenler))

  1. mattock, an agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body
    Synonym: معول (miʼvel)
  • گدمك (gedmek, “to notch”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: gedmen

Further reading

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