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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