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Where does “قرامان” come from?
قرامان (Persian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرامان, from English Karaman, from Turkic kara.
Ancestry of “قرامان”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
قرامان
swarthy, black, dark-skinned, having a relatively dark skin
2
English
Karaman
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3
Turkic
kara
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