coğrafya
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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جغرافیا, from Arabic جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā), from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).
Pronunciation
Noun
coğrafya (definite accusative coğrafyayı, plural coğrafyalar)
- geography (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth)
Quotations
- 2023 April 8, “"Muş'un kar kaplanları" nisanda 5 metre kar olan yolu 5 günde açabildi”, in Anadolu Agency:
- Zorlu coğrafyada çığ tehlikesine rağmen 2 bin 500 rakımlı bölgede görev yapan ekipler, fırtına ve sert kar tabakası nedeniyle ilerlemekte güçlük çekti.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “coğrafya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “coğrafya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “coğrafya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Zazaki
Noun
coğrafya f