seçmece

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سچمه‌جه (seçmece),[1][2] from سچمك (seçmek),[3] equivalent to seç- (to pick, to choose) +‎ -me (verbal noun suffix) +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /set͡ʃ.meˈd͡ʒe/
  • Hyphenation: seç‧me‧ce

Adjective[edit]

seçmece

  1. Bought and/or sold through selection; cherry-picked.

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

seçmece

  1. with the condition of selection, by cherry-picking

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سچمه‌جه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 667
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “سَچمه‌جه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 710
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seç-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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