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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قراكلق (karañlık), قرانلق (karanlık), equivalent to (karañı, “dark”) + (-lık, “-ness”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
karanlık (intensive kapkaranlık)
- dark
- Bu oda çok karanlık. ― This room is so dark.
1936 April 30, “Son Telgraflar”, in Ulusal Birlik:Ispanya'da vaziyet karanlıktır. Ameleler, sahipleri atarak fabrikalara sahip oldular.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
karanlık (definite accusative karanlığı, plural karanlıklar)
- darkness
Declension