çırban
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian ջրպան (ǰrpan).
Noun
çırban
- (dialectal) an official administering irrigation waters
References
- “çırban”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press