قرامان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karaman (“swarthy”), a development of *kara (“black”).
Descendants
- Turkish: karaman
- →⇒ Armenian: Քարամանյան (Kʻaramanyan)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karaman1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2420
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قرامان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 952
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قرامان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1443
Etymology 2
Karaman province
The city owes its name to Karaman Bey, one of the rulers of the Karamanid dynasty, which ruled over South-Central Anatolia. The former name of the city was لارنده (larende)
Alternative forms
- قرهمان (karaman)
Proper noun
قرامان • (karaman)
Derived terms
- قرامانلو (karamanlı, “from Karaman”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Karaman
- →⇒ Armenian: Քարամանյան (Kʻaramanyan)
Further reading
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- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Karaman”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قرامان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1443
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Karaman”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 423
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