gürgen

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === cürcen, gülgan, gülgen, gürgan === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوركن (gürgen, “beech; alder”); further etymology is unknown. Nishanyan connects the word with Armenian կարպենի (karpeni), Greek γάβρος (gávros) and Latin carpinus. === Noun === gürgen (definite accusative gürgeni, plural gürgenler) hornbeam, any hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus Synonym: (Hemşin) moni ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gürgen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Alkayış, Fatih (2007), Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), doctoral thesis, Kayseri: T.C. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, page 268 Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “gürgen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “gürgen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1810 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gürgen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük