kirmen

Turkish

Alternative forms

• germane, germen, kerman, kermane, kermen, kirman, kırman, kırmen, kirmeni

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كرمان (kerman, kirman), from Armenian քարման (kʻarman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ciɾmen]
• Hyphenation: kir‧men

Noun

kirmen

1. (dialectal) wool spindle

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kirmen
Definite accusative	kirmeni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kirmen	kirmenler
Definite accusative	kirmeni	kirmenleri
Dative	kirmene	kirmenlere
Locative	kirmende	kirmenlerde
Ablative	kirmenden	kirmenlerden
Genitive	kirmenin	kirmenlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenim kirmenlerim 2nd singular kirmenin kirmenlerin 3rd singular kirmeni kirmenleri 1st plural kirmenimiz kirmenlerimiz 2nd plural kirmeniniz kirmenleriniz 3rd plural kirmenleri kirmenleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenimi kirmenlerimi 2nd singular kirmenini kirmenlerini 3rd singular kirmenini kirmenlerini 1st plural kirmenimizi kirmenlerimizi 2nd plural kirmeninizi kirmenlerinizi 3rd plural kirmenlerini kirmenlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenime kirmenlerime 2nd singular kirmenine kirmenlerine 3rd singular kirmenine kirmenlerine 1st plural kirmenimize kirmenlerimize 2nd plural kirmeninize kirmenlerinize 3rd plural kirmenlerine kirmenlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenimde kirmenlerimde 2nd singular kirmeninde kirmenlerinde 3rd singular kirmeninde kirmenlerinde 1st plural kirmenimizde kirmenlerimizde 2nd plural kirmeninizde kirmenlerinizde 3rd plural kirmenlerinde kirmenlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenimden kirmenlerimden 2nd singular kirmeninden kirmenlerinden 3rd singular kirmeninden kirmenlerinden 1st plural kirmenimizden kirmenlerimizden 2nd plural kirmeninizden kirmenlerinizden 3rd plural kirmenlerinden kirmenlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kirmenimin kirmenlerimin 2nd singular kirmeninin kirmenlerinin 3rd singular kirmeninin kirmenlerinin 1st plural kirmenimizin kirmenlerimizin 2nd plural kirmeninizin kirmenlerinizin 3rd plural kirmenlerinin kirmenlerinin

References

• “kirmen”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 249b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քարաման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 560b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 782, page 155