gerdan

See also: Gerdan and gərdən

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كردان (gerdan, “neck”), from older كردن (gerden), from Persian گردن (gardan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gerdan (definite accusative gerdanı, plural gerdanlar)

1. neck

Derived terms

• gerdanlık

Descendants

• → Romanian: gherdan

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كردان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1536