tarn

English

/tɑːn/, /tɑɹn/

noun
Definitions
  • (Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
  • (US) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English terne derived from Old Norse tjǫrn (a small lake without tributaries) derived from Proto-Germanic *ternō (water hole) derived from Proto-Indo-European *der- (tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*der-

Gloss

tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb

Concept
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Kanji

泪, 涙

Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲

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