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), قوچاق (koçak), 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 dialectal form of Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾlplmʾn /⁠kārframān⁠/, overseer, manager), from Old Median *karhramāna-. The form with initial q- by association with Arabic قَهْر (qahr, conquest, subjugation, violence, wrath).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäɦ.ɾä.mɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qɑː.ɾä.mɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qɔː.ɾä.mɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? qahramān
Dari reading? qahramān
Iranian reading? ğahramân
Tajik reading? qahramon

Noun

Dari قهرمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik қаҳрамон

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

  1. champion; hero
    قهرمان افسانه‌ایqahramân-e afsâne'ilegendary hero
  2. (sports) champion
    قهرمان شناqahramân-e šenâswimming champion
  3. (fiction) hero, protagonist
    قهرمان فیلم اکشنqahramân-e film-e akšenaction film hero

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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