serin

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French serin. Doublet of siren.

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serin (plural serins)

  1. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.

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French

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Etymology

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Apparently borrowed from an early language of southern France (compare Old Occitan cerena (hunting-bird)), from Latin sirena, from Latin Sīrēn (siren), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Doublet of sirène.

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serin m (plural serins)

  1. bird of the genus Serinus, canary

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Adjective

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serin

  1. independent
  2. free of obligation
  3. of one's own free will

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Swedish

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Noun

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serin n

  1. (biochemistry) serine

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سرین (serin, cool, cold, chilly),[1] from Proto-Mongolic *serixün (cool, fresh).[2][3][4] Cognate with Kyrgyz салқын, Kyrgyz салкын (salkın), Shor сеpён, Tatar салкын (salkın), Turkmen sergin, salkyn, Tuvan сериин (seriin, cold).

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  • IPA(key): /seˈɾin/
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  • Hyphenation: se‧rin

Adjective

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serin

  1. Between warm and cold; cool, chilly.
  2. Giving a pleasant, refreshing coolness.

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1057
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “serin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ser-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ ÇİÇEK, Sevim Erdem. "KIPÇAK SÖZLÜKLERİNDEKİ MOĞOLCA UNSURLAR." Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten 63.1 (2015): 49-98.

Further reading

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  • serin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu