See also: Kirin and kirîn

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese ()(りん) (kirin), from Middle Chinese. Doublet of qilin.

Noun edit

kirin (plural kirins)

  1. Alternative form of qilin

Translations edit

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kiri

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

kirin

  1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kiriä

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

kirin

  1. genitive singular of kir

Anagrams edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

kirin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きりん

Mursi edit

Noun edit

kirin

  1. giraffe[1]

References edit

  1. ^ David Turton, Mozes Yigezu, Oilsarali Olibui, Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary, 2009

Northern Kurdish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognates include Bactrian κιρ- (kir-), Persian ـگر (-gar).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɪrɪn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Verb edit

kirin (third-person singular simple present dike, past tense kir)

  1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)
    • 1994, Dr. Usso B. Barnas, Dr. Johanna Salzer, Lehrbuch der kurdischen Sprache, page 99:
      Dengê bilûra wî wisa xweş bû, ku keç û xortên gund kar û barên xwe dihîştin, tenê şivanê bilûrvan gundar dikir .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, “Ji bo Kurdistanê banga referandumê hate kirin”, in 5 parlamenterên Partiya Keskan a Swêdê diyar kirin ku divê gelê kurd îradeya xwe bi xwe diyar bikin û xwestin ku li Bakûrê Kurdistanê di bin çavderiya Netewên Yekbûyî de referandum bê kirin.[1], retrieved 2012-10-31:
  2. (transitive) to take for husband or wife, to marry (someone)
    • 2012, Min go tu xwe darva bikî jî ez te nakim, niha jî çi dikî bike, qet xema min nîn e.[2], retrieved 2012-01-19:

Conjugation edit

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Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237