jereed

English

Two men playing jereed

Alternative forms

• djereed, djerid, djerrid, jerid, jerreed, jerrid

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جرید (cirid) (Turkish cirit), from Arabic جَرِيد (jarīd).

Noun

jereed (countable and uncountable, plural jereeds)

1. (countable) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 249–252:

     The spur hath lanced his courser's sides— / Away—away—for life he rides— / Swift as the hurled on high jerreed, / Springs to the touch his startled steed, [...]

2. (uncountable) A traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen.

Translations

blunt javelin

• Ottoman Turkish: جرید (cirid), چوگان (çevgân)
• Polish: dziryt (pl) m
• Russian: джири́т (ru) (džirít)
• Turkish: cirit (tr)

Turkish equestrian team sport

• Armenian: ջիրիդ (hy) (ǰirid), մականախաղ (hy) (makanaxaġ)
• Turkish: cirit (tr)

Further reading

• jereed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• jeered