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Turkish
Etymology
Coined during the language reform; appears in Cep Kılavuzu (1935).[1] Created via ara + -ç, an unproductive suffix. Intended to replace vasıta (“means; means of transportation”).[2] See also gereç.
Pronunciation
Noun
araç
- tool, means, implement
- vehicle
Declension
References
- ^ “araç”, in Türkçeden Osmanlıcaya Cep Kılavuzu [Pocket Guide from Turkish to Ottoman Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Devlet basımevi, 1935, page 19b
- ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 112