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gentleman

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
  2. (broadly, polite, term-of-address) Any man.
  3. (historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
  4. (derogatory) An effeminate or oversophisticated man.
  5. (derogatory, historical, sometimes, usually) An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means.
  6. An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.

Têgeh

birêz

rêzdar

ezbenî

ez-xulam

xanedan

zadegan

arîstokrat

esilzade

sergewer

malmezin

tovrind

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.

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