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Karman

Karman proper noun: a surname. Also the alternative form of Kerman.

Proper noun

Karman (countable and uncountable, plural Karmans)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

Karman is also the alternative form of Kerman.

Forms of Karman

pluralKarmans

Origin of Karman

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Karman, an occupational surname for a carter. * A variant of German Karmann, which shares the same origin of the Dutch surname. * Borrowed from Hungarian Kármán, an ethnic name for the Turkish people of the Karaman Province. * A Jewish surname from Russian карман (karman, “pocket”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

Phrases with Karman

Questions about Karman

What does Karman mean?
Karman means a surname.
What part of speech is Karman?
Karman is a proper noun.

Words near Karman in the dictionary

  1. karmadharayas
  2. karmaic
  3. karmaless
  4. karmalessness
  5. Karmaling
  6. Karman
  7. Karman Limit
  8. Karman line
  9. Karman street
  10. Karman streets
  11. Karman vortex street

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Karman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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