قهرمان

See also: قہرمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قهرمان (qahramân, hero).

Noun

قهرمان (kahraman)

  1. hero, someone who possess great bravery
    Synonyms: شاهباز (şahbaz), قوچ (koç), یگیت (yiğit)

Derived terms

  • قهرمانانه (kahramanane, heroic)
  • قهرمانلق (kahramanlık, heroism)
  • قهرمانی (kahramani, heroic)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kahraman

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From original کهرمان (kahramân), from a dialect form of Middle Persian kʾlplmʾn (kārframān, overseer, manager), from Old Median *karhramāna-. The form with initial q- by association with Arabic قَهْر (qahr, conquest, subjugation, violence, wrath).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qahɾamɔn/

Noun

قهرمان (qahramân) (plural قهرمانان (qahramânân) or قهرمان‌ها (qahramân-hâ))

Dari قهرمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik қаҳрамон (qahramon)
  1. champion
  2. hero
  3. protagonist

Derived terms

  • قهرمانانه (qahramânâne)
  • قهرمانی (qahramâni)
  • لیگ قهرمانان (lig-e qahramânân)

Descendants

Further reading

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