cirit
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish جرید (cerid, cirid, cirit, “stick, dart, javelin”),[1] from Arabic جَرِيد (jarīd, “defoliated palm, javelin”).[2]
Cognates include Armenian ջիրիդ (ǰirid), Azerbaijani cirit, Bulgarian джирит (džirit), English jereed, Polish dziryt, Serbo-Croatian џирит.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cirit (definite accusative ciridi, plural ciritler)
- (sports) The game in which players on horseback throw javelins with blunted ends at their opponents to score points.
- (sports) The javelin used in this game.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جرید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 656
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cirit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “cirit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu