kirin

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See also: kirîn

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin), from Middle Chinese.

Noun

kirin (plural kirins)

  1. A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.

Synonyms

Translations

qilin — see qilin

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

kirin

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of kiri

Etymology 2

Verb

kirin

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kiriä
  2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of kiriä

Etymology 3

Noun

kirin

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of kir

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kirin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きりん

Kurdish

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Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL., from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL.. Cognates include Bactrian κιρ- (kir-), Persian ـگر (-gar).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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  • Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: The language code "ku" in the first parameter is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
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Verb

Template:ku-verb

  1. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. to do, to make (to perform an action)
  1. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. to take for husband or wife, to marry (someone)

Conjugation

Template:ku-conj-irin

Synonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

Template:rel-mid

See also

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
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