كرمان

See also: کرمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognate with Chuvash карман (karman) and Tatar кирмән (kirmän).

Noun

كرمان • (kerman or kirman) (definite accusative كرمانی (kermanı), plural كرمانلر (kermanlar))

castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack
Synonyms: حصار (hisar), حصن (hısn), دز (diz), قسطل (kastel), قلعه (kalʼe)

Derived terms

آق كرمان (ak kerman, “Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi”)

Descendants

Turkish: kermen

Further reading

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Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 625
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kermen1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2561
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Castellum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 158
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3926
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian քարման (kʻarman).

Noun

كرمان • (kerman or kirman) (definite accusative كرمانی (kermanı), plural كرمانلر (kermanlar))

spindle, a rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, especially wool
Synonyms: ایك (iğ), دوك (dük), مغزل (miğzel)

Derived terms

كرمانی آلیویرمك (kermanı alıvermek, “to accomplish a task”)

Descendants

Turkish: kirmen, germane, germen, kerman, kermane, kermen, kirman, kırman, kırmen, kirmeni

Further reading

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Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 249b
Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 625
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kirmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2685
Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 782, page 155
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian (kermân), from Middle Persian klmʾn (Kermān).

Proper noun

كرمان • (kirmân)

Kerman (a city in Iran, the seat of Kerman County's Central District and the capital of Kerman Province)
Kerman (a county of Iran, around the city)
Kerman (a province of Iran)

Derived terms

كرمانی (kirmânî, “of or from Kerman”)

Descendants

Turkish: Kirman

Further reading

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Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرمان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 3926
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540