serin

See also: Serin, serín, sëriñ, and sərin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French serin. Doublet of siren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹɪn/

Noun

serin (plural serins)

  1. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.

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French

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from an early language of southern France (compare Old Occitan cerena (hunting-bird)), from Latin sirena, from Latin Sīrēn (siren), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Doublet of sirène.

Pronunciation

Noun

serin m (plural serins)

  1. bird of the genus Serinus, canary

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Pali

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Adjective

serin

  1. independent
  2. free of obligation
  3. of one's own free will

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Swedish

Noun

serin n

  1. (biochemistry) serine

Declension

Declension of serin 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative serin serinet
Genitive serins serinets

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرین (serin, cool, cold, chilly),[1] from Proto-Mongolic *serixün (cool, fresh).[2][3][4] Cognate with Kyrgyz салқын, Kyrgyz салкын (salkın), Shor сеpён, Tatar салкын (salkın), Turkmen sergin, salkyn, Tuvan сериин (seriin, cold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈɾin/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧rin
  • (file)

Adjective

serin

  1. Between warm and cold; cool, chilly.
  2. Giving a pleasant, refreshing coolness.

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References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1057
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “serin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ser-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ÇİÇEK, Sevim Erdem. "KIPÇAK SÖZLÜKLERİNDEKİ MOĞOLCA UNSURLAR." Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten 63.1 (2015): 49-98.

Further reading

  • serin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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