جرید

See also: جريد

Ottoman Turkish

جرید

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرِيد (jarīd, “defoliated palm; javelin”).

Noun

جرید • (cerid or cirid) (definite accusative جریدی (ciridi), plural جریدلر (ciridler))

1. jereed, a blunt javelin used by the Turkish people, especially in mock fights

   Synonym: چوگان (çevgân)

2. javelin, a metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event

Derived terms

• جرید اویونی (cerid oyunu, “game of jereed”)
• جریدجی (ceridci, “jereed player”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: cirit
• → Armenian: ճիրիտ (čirit), ջիրիդ (ǰirid), ջրինդ (ǰrind)
• → English: jereed, djereed, djerid, djerrid, jerid, jerreed, jerrid
• → Polish: dziryt
• → Russian: джири́д (džiríd), джери́д (džeríd), джид (džid)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cirit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 823
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جرید”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 182b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جرید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 439
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Telum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1654
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جرید”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1606
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cirit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جرید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 656