Cairn yana kunshe da duwatsu da duwatsu iri iri dabam-dabam waɗanda aka saka su da gangan ko kuma sun haɓaka, watau, ba tare da turmi ba ko mai haɗin kai, don ƙirƙirar alamar mai gani ko alamar ƙasa. Harsar cairns, da kuma dalilai na halitta, sun bambanta.
A hankali, wani cairn zai iya samuwa da wasu dutsen da suke samar da ƙananan tarin dutse wanda ya zama kamar duwãtsu kuma ya mamaye wuri mai faɗi, irin su Loughcrew na Ireland, wani jana'izar da aka gina a kusan 3000 BC
Mutane sun gina gine-gine na dubban shekaru domin su nuna alamar tafiya ko farauta; don abubuwan da suka shafi addini, koyon kariya ko kariya; kuma su duka suna girmama masu mutu kuma suna nuna alamun jana'izar, tsakanin wasu dalilai.
Wani shahararren zamani na zamani yana zaune ne a gindin K2, babban dutse mafi girma a duniya. A shekara ta 1953, wani yunƙurin Amurka yayi ƙoƙari ya ci nasara a taron da ba a dade ba yayin da dutsen tseren Gilkey ya yi rashin lafiya kuma ya mutu duk da kokarin da ya yi na kare rayuwarsa.
Cairn da aka kafa a asalin K2 da farko ya zama abin tunawa ga Gilkey (wanda aka rasa har zuwa 1993), amma yanzu ya zama abin tunawa ga kowane mai hawa wanda ya rasa ransa yayin ƙoƙari ya mamaye dutsen. Yawancin wadanda suka mutu sun binne su a masallacin Gilkey.
Maganar Maganar
Kalmar Turanci na yau da kullum cairn ya fito ne daga kalmar Scottish "carne," wanda ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Garnish "carn," ma'anar "tudun duwatsu ko dutse mai dadi." Yana da yiwuwa cewa kalmar cairn ta ba da harshe na harshe tare da kalmar "ƙaho," wanda ake kira "karnon" a cikin harshen Helenanci da "masara" a cikin Latin.
Synonyms
A wani lokaci ana magana da wani cairn a matsayin mai laushi ko binnewa, ko da yake waɗannan su ne ainihin kuskure saboda sun hada da duwatsu / duwatsu da ƙasa ko datti.
> Sources:
> "cairn (n.)." Shafin Farko na Yanar gizo na yanar gizo. Sake dawowa Afrilu 13, 2015. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cairn
> "Kakakin (n.)." Shafin Farko na Yanar gizo na yanar gizo. Retrieved Afrilu 13, 2015. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=horn