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

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