cirit

Turkish
Cirit player on horseback.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جرید (cerid, cirid, cirit, “stick, dart, javelin”),[1] from Arabic جَرِيد (jarīd, “defoliated palm, javelin”).[2]

Cognates include Armenian ջիրիդ (ǰirid), Azerbaijani cirit, Bulgarian джирит (džirit), English jereed, Polish dziryt, Serbo-Croatian џирит.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɾit/

Noun

cirit (definite accusative ciridi, plural ciritler)

  1. (sports) The game in which players on horseback throw javelins with blunted ends at their opponents to score points.
  2. (sports) The javelin used in this game.

Declension
Inflection
Nominative cirit
Definite accusative ciridi
Singular Plural
Nominative cirit ciritler
Definite accusative ciridi ciritleri
Dative ciride ciritlere
Locative ciritte ciritlerde
Ablative ciritten ciritlerden
Genitive ciridin ciritlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridim ciritlerim
2nd singular ciridin ciritlerin
3rd singular ciridi ciritleri
1st plural ciridimiz ciritlerimiz
2nd plural ciridiniz ciritleriniz
3rd plural ciritleri ciritleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridimi ciritlerimi
2nd singular ciridini ciritlerini
3rd singular ciridini ciritlerini
1st plural ciridimizi ciritlerimizi
2nd plural ciridinizi ciritlerinizi
3rd plural ciritlerini ciritlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridime ciritlerime
2nd singular ciridine ciritlerine
3rd singular ciridine ciritlerine
1st plural ciridimize ciritlerimize
2nd plural ciridinize ciritlerinize
3rd plural ciritlerine ciritlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridimde ciritlerimde
2nd singular ciridinde ciritlerinde
3rd singular ciridinde ciritlerinde
1st plural ciridimizde ciritlerimizde
2nd plural ciridinizde ciritlerinizde
3rd plural ciritlerinde ciritlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridimden ciritlerimden
2nd singular ciridinden ciritlerinden
3rd singular ciridinden ciritlerinden
1st plural ciridimizden ciritlerimizden
2nd plural ciridinizden ciritlerinizden
3rd plural ciritlerinden ciritlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular ciridimin ciritlerimin
2nd singular ciridinin ciritlerinin
3rd singular ciridinin ciritlerinin
1st plural ciridimizin ciritlerimizin
2nd plural ciridinizin ciritlerinizin
3rd plural ciritlerinin ciritlerinin

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جرید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 656
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cirit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • “cirit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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