cirit

Turkish

Cirit player on horseback.

Etymology

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

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

Further reading

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