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Turkish
Etymology 1
Noun
tanım
- first-person singular possessive of tan
Usage notes
- When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: tanım. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, tanım, means "I am twilight.")
Etymology 2
Noun
tanım
- first-person singular possessive of tanı
Etymology 3
Coined during the language reform and successfully replaced the Arabic-derived tavsif and tarif. Can be analyzed as tanı- + -m.
Noun
tanım (definite accusative tanımı, plural tanımlar)
- description (account in words)
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Further reading
- “tanım”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu