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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).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ke‧li‧me
Noun
kelime (definite accusative kelimeyi, plural kelimeler)
- word
- Synonym: sözcük
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Further reading
- “kelime”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- kelime in Reverso (Turkish-English)