cereyan
Turkish
Alternative forms
- ceyran
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جریان (cereyan), from Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).
Noun
cereyan (definite accusative cereyanı, plural cereyanlar)
- course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, events, etc.)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جریان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 439
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cereyan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN