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

kirin (plural kirins)

1. Synonym of qilin; typically used in Japanese contexts.

kirin

1. genitive singular of kiri

kirin

1. first-person singular present/past indicative of kiriä

kirin

1. genitive singular of kir

• rikin, rinki

kirin

1. Rōmaji transcription of きりん

kirin

1. giraffe^[1]

• كرن — Arabic spelling

From Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognates include Bactrian κιρ- (kir-), Persian کردن (kardan).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈɾɪn/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧rin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Central Kurdish	کردن (kirdin)
Southern Kurdish	کردن (kirdin)

kirin (third-person singular simple present dike, past tense kir)

1. (transitive) to do, to make (to perform an action)
   • 1994, Dr. Usso B. Barnas, Dr. Johanna Salzer, Lehrbuch der kurdischen Sprache, page 99:

     Dengê bilûra wî wisa xweş bû, ku keç û xortên gund karubarên xwe dihîştin, tenê şivanê bilûrvan guhdar dikir .

     The sound of his flute was so nice, that the boys and girls of the village were leaving their affairs, only listening to the flautist.

   • 2012, “Ji bo Kurdistanê banga referandumê hate kirin”, in 5 parlamenterên Partiya Keskan a Swêdê diyar kirin ku divê gelê kurd îradeya xwe bi xwe diyar bikin û xwestin ku li Bakûrê Kurdistanê di bin çavderiya Netewên Yekbûyî de referandum bê kirin.‎^[1], retrieved 31 October 2012:
2. (transitive) to take for husband or wife, to marry (someone)
   • 2012, Min go tu xwe darva bikî jî ez te nakim, niha jî çi dikî bike, qet xema min nîn e.‎^[2], retrieved 19 January 2012:

• (to do): bi cih anîn
• (to marry): zewicîn

• kirîn

• Ferhenga destî (Kurdish monolingual dictionary)
• Ferheng.org

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