Armağân

Armağân means gift. Şemseddin Sami records the Persian-form word with a small reversal: it is taken from the Turkish armağan.

A word travels into another language and returns carrying the same gesture — something offered from one person to another.

Original one-of-a-kind artwork from the Mestûr collection.
Iranian ink on an original 125-year-old Kâmus-ı Türkî page.
Page 91 · Left column.

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