Atatürk

English

Alternative forms

• Ataturk

Etymology

Turkish Atatürk (literally “father of the Turks”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ătʹə-tûrk
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈatətɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈætətɝk/
• Hyphenation: Ata‧türk

Proper noun

Atatürk

1. The pseudonym of Mustafa Kemal Pasha (1881–1938), Turkish statesman and army officer who established the modern state of Turkey.

Coordinate terms

• Kemalism
• Kemalist

Derived terms

• Ataturkist

Turkish

Etymology

From ata (“father; predecessor, forefather”) +‎ Türk (“Turk”), resulting as “father of the Turks”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈtɑtyɾk/, [ɑˈt̪ɑt̪yɾc]
• Hyphenation: A‧ta‧türk
• Rhymes: -yɾc

Proper noun

Atatürk

1. Atatürk (founder of modern Turkey)
2. a surname

Coordinate terms

• Kemalist
• Kemalizm

Derived terms

• Atatürkçü
• Atatürkçülük