cereyan

See also: cərəyan

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جریان (cereyan), from Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.ɾeˈjan/
  • IPA(key): (proscribed, very common) /d͡ʒeɾˈjan/
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Noun

cereyan (definite accusative cereyanı, plural cereyanlar)

  1. course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, events, etc.)
    1. draft
      Synonym: kurander

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جریان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 439
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cereyan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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