kırgın

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kırgın

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

Declension

Adverb

kırgın

  1. In a hurt and offended manner.

Noun

kırgın (definite accusative kırgını, plural kırgınlar)

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

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غمزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1505
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیرغین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, 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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