gürgen

See also: Gürgen

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • cürcen, gülgan, gülgen, gürgan

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوركن (gürgen, “beech; alder”); further etymology is unknown. Nishanyan connects the word with Armenian կարպենի (karpeni), Greek γάβρος (gávros) and Latin carpinus.

Noun

gürgen (definite accusative gürgeni, plural gürgenler)

  1. hornbeam, any hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus
    Synonym: (Hemşin) moni

Declension

Declension of gürgen
singular plural
nominative gürgen gürgenler
definite accusative gürgeni gürgenleri
dative gürgene gürgenlere
locative gürgende gürgenlerde
ablative gürgenden gürgenlerden
genitive gürgenin gürgenlerin

Derived terms

  • gürgengiller
  • gürgenlik
  • karagürgen
Proper nouns

Further reading

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