barn
Anlam (English)
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- A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
- (informal) An arena.
- (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.
Kavramlar
Synonyms
storage place
storehouse for grain
horse barn
cattle-shed
stock barn
farm building
cattle shed
cowbarn
grain store
livestock shed
flea-pit
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[bɑɹn]
Etimoloji (English)
In summary
From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”). More at rest and barley. For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.
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