kelime

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كلمه‎ (kelime, “word”), from Arabic كَلِمَة‎ (kalima). Usually regarded as a loanword and or Arabism, but with some peculiarities (front vocalism, final -e) that could actually indicate Turkic origin, with a secondary merger with the Arabic loan. If so, a cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰠𐰲𐰇‎ (kelečü) and Chuvash кала (kala). [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [cʰe̞.ˈli.mɛ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ke‧li‧me

Noun

kelime (definite accusative kelimeyi, plural kelimeler)

  1. word
    Synonym: sözcük

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Hyponyms

See also

References
  1. http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fdata%2falt%2fturcet&text_number=+262&root=config

Further reading
  • kelime in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
  • kelime in Reverso (Turkish-English)
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