Where does “كرمان” come from?

كرمان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Armenian քարման, from Old Armenian քարաման, from Old Armenian քար — stone.

كرمان (Ottoman Turkish): castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack

Definitions

  1. castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack

Ancestry of “كرمان”, step by step

كرمان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian քարման

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianքարմանa cross-shaped instrument for spinning wool
2Old Armenianքարամանa cross-shaped instrument for spinning wool
3Old Armenianքարstone

via Persian کرمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکرمان—
2Middle Persianklmʾn—

Words derived from “كرمان”

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