değirmen

Concepts

mill

grinder

grinding machine

gristmill

pounder

sander

eggbeater

hand mill

Synonyms

değirmen taşı

Translations

moulin

Mühle

molino

molen

moinho

μύλος

mulino

molí

molin

moenda

αλεστική μηχανή

ئاش

مطحنة

mola

Pronounced as (IPA)

[dɛːiɾˈmen]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: دكرمن

Cognate with Old Turkish:

Cognate with Kazakh: диірмен

Cognate with Bashkir: тирмән

Cognate with Azerbaijani: dəyirman

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دكرمن (değirmen), ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *tegir- (“to spin”), from *teg- (“round”); equivalent to devir- + -men.
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tegirmen, “mill”), Kazakh диірмен (diırmen), Bashkir тирмән (tirmən), Azerbaijani dəyirman, etc.
Compare also devir- (“to overturn”), dön- (“to turn”), tekerlek (“wheel”) from the same root.