torun

torun

1. grandchild; grandson, granddaughter
2. (rare) nephew, niece

torun

1. first-person singular present indicative of torua

• norut, runot, ruton, turon

• IPA^(key): [toɾun]
• Hyphenation: to‧run

From Ottoman Turkish تورون‎, from Proto-Turkic *tōr- (“young of an animal”), whence Turkmen torum (“young of a camel”) and dialectal Turkish tor, torum, torbuç and toru. For the semantic extension from 'young of an animal' to 'child/grandchild', compare Turkish çocuk. Cognate with Tatar турун (turun, “grandchild”), Crimean Tatar turun (“grandchild; niece, nephew”). Compare also Kumyk торай (toray, “piglet; child; grandchild”), Kazakh торай (torai, “piglet”), etc.

torun (definite accusative torunu, plural torunlar)

1. grandchild; grandson, granddaughter
2. (figuratively) a person that follows the same descent with another
3. (figuratively) a person that follows, likes or sympathizes someone.
4. (slang) an inexperienced soldier

• torun torba sahibi olmak / torun tosun sahibi olmak
• dedesi koruk yer, torununun dişi kamaşır / dede koruk yer, torununun dişi kamaşır

• Pedersen, Holger (1906), “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, issue 3, page 462, derives from Old Armenian թոռն (tʿoṙn)

torun

1. definite genitive singular of tor