جومرد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جُومَرْد (jūmard), shortening of جَوَانْمَرْد (jawānmard, “brave, generous”). Compare other Turkic languages, such as Bashkir йомарт (yomart), Kazakh жомарт (jomart), Tatar юмарт (yumart), Turkmen jomart and Uzbek jumard.

Adjective

جومرد • (cömerd)

  1. generous, liberal, munificent
    Synonyms: سمیح (semih), كریم (kerim)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: cömert
  • → Romanian: giumert

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