kirin

See also: Kirin and kirîn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ()(りん) (kirin), from Middle Chinese. Doublet of qilin.

Noun

kirin (plural kirins)

  1. Alternative form of qilin

Translations

Finnish

Noun

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kiri

Verb

kirin

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kiriä

Noun

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kir

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kirin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きりん

Mursi

Noun

kirin

  1. giraffe[1]

References

  1. David Turton, Mozes Yigezu, Oilsarali Olibui, Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary, 2009

Northern Kurdish

FWOTD – 1 November 2012

Alternative forms

  • كرن Arabic spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognates include Bactrian κιρ- (kir-), Persian ـگر (-gar).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɪrɪn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Verb

Central Kurdish کردن (kirdin)
Southern Kurdish کردن (kirdin)

kirin (third-person singular simple present dike, past tense kir)

  1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)
    • 1994, Dr. Usso B. Barnas, Dr. Johanna Salzer, Lehrbuch der kurdischen Sprache, page 99:
      Dengê bilûra wî wisa xweş bû, ku keç û xortên gund kar û barên xwe dihîştin, tenê şivanê bilûrvan gundar dikir .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, “Ji bo Kurdistanê banga referandumê hate kirin”, in 5 parlamenterên Partiya Keskan a Swêdê diyar kirin ku divê gelê kurd îradeya xwe bi xwe diyar bikin û xwestin ku li Bakûrê Kurdistanê di bin çavderiya Netewên Yekbûyî de referandum bê kirin., retrieved 2012-10-31:
  2. (transitive) to take for husband or wife, to marry (someone)
    • 2012, Min go tu xwe darva bikî jî ez te nakim, niha jî çi dikî bike, qet xema min nîn e., retrieved 2012-01-19:

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See also

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) “kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
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