kırgın

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیرغین (ḳırgın),[1][2][3] morphologically kır- (to break, to hurt, to damage) +‎ -gın.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɯɾˈɡɯn/
  • Hyphenation: kır‧gın

Adjective[edit]

kırgın

  1. (of a person) hurt, offended, upset

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

kırgın

  1. In a hurt and offended manner.

Noun[edit]

kırgın (definite accusative kırgını, plural kırgınlar)

  1. (dialectal) Any contagious disease causing mass deaths, especially among animals.
    Synonyms: kırım, kıran

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غمزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1505
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیرغین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 997
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قیرغین”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1125

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