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Turkish
Etymology
From Common Turkic *erdem.[1] While Clauson claims a derivational link to Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man, male”),[1] Nişanyan rejects this link, despite a Latin parallel between virtus and vir (“man”).[2] Cognates with Karakhanid اَرْدَمْ (erdem), Tuvan эртем (ertem), Uyghur ئەردەم (erdem).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾˈdem/
- Hyphenation: er‧dem
Noun
erdem (definite accusative erdemi, plural erdemler)
- virtue, morals
- Synonym: fazilet
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