دگرمن

Ottoman Turkish

دگرمن

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tegirmen (mill), from *tegir- (round, circle; to turn, to spin); cognate with Azerbaijani dəyirman, Bashkir тирмән (tirmən), Crimean Tatar degirmen, Kazakh диірмен (diırmen), Kyrgyz тегирмен (tegirmen), Turkmen degirmen, Uyghur تۈگمەن (tügmen) and Uzbek tegirmon.

Noun

دگرمن • (değirmen)

  1. mill, a grinding apparatus for substances such as grains or seeds
    Synonyms: آسیا (asya), رحی (raha)
  2. mill, a building housing such a grinding apparatus

Derived terms

  • ال دگرمنی (el değirmeni, hand-mill)
  • دگرمن طاشی (değirmen taşı, millstone)
  • دگرمنجی (değirmenci, miller)
  • دگرمنلك (değirmenlik, place of mills)
  • صو دگرمنی (su değirmeni, watermill)
  • یل دگرمنی (yel değirmeni, windmill)

Descendants

  • Turkish: değirmen
  • Armenian: տեյիրմեն (teyirmen)

Further reading

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