Ankara
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Turkish Ankara and Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Cubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from Hittite [script needed] (Ankuwaš), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“elbow, bend, curve”). The river and province are named for the city. Doublet of Angora, angle, and anchor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
- The capital city of Turkey.
- (metonymically) The Turkish government.
- A province in Turkey around the city.
- A river in Turkey near the city, a tributary of the Sakarya.
Synonyms
[edit]- Angora (historical)
Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ankara (uncountable)
References
[edit]- "Ankara", New World Encyclopedia.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
- Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
Related terms
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | Анкара | |
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Abjad |
Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ankara | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | Ankara |
Ankaralar | ||||||
definite accusative | Ankaranı |
Ankaraları | ||||||
dative | Ankaraya |
Ankaralara | ||||||
locative | Ankarada |
Ankaralarda | ||||||
ablative | Ankaradan |
Ankaralardan | ||||||
definite genitive | Ankaranın |
Ankaraların |
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f (related adjective ankarský, demonym Ankařan)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Ankara”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dagbani
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
- Accra (the capital city of Ghana)
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) Angora
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ankara n (proper noun, genitive Ankaras or (optionally with an article) Ankara)
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankàr̃à f
- Accra (the capital city of Ghana)
Hungarian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ankara_%2816290014657%29.jpg/220px-Ankara_%2816290014657%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
- Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Ankara | — |
accusative | Ankarát | — |
dative | Ankarának | — |
instrumental | Ankarával | — |
causal-final | Ankaráért | — |
translative | Ankarává | — |
terminative | Ankaráig | — |
essive-formal | Ankaraként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Ankarában | — |
superessive | Ankarán | — |
adessive | Ankaránál | — |
illative | Ankarába | — |
sublative | Ankarára | — |
allative | Ankarához | — |
elative | Ankarából | — |
delative | Ankaráról | — |
ablative | Ankarától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Ankaráé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Ankaráéi | — |
Possessive forms of Ankara | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Ankarám | — |
2nd person sing. | Ankarád | — |
3rd person sing. | Ankarája | — |
1st person plural | Ankaránk | — |
2nd person plural | Ankarátok | — |
3rd person plural | Ankarájuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish Ankara, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
Further reading
[edit]- “Ankara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f (4 declension)
Declension
[edit]singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Ankara | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Ankaru | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Ankaras | — |
dative (datīvs) | Ankarai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Ankaru | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Ankarā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Ankara | — |
Lithuanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
Declension
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Turkish Ankara, from Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ankara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
- Alternative spelling of Ancara
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ànkara f (Cyrillic spelling А̀нкара)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
References
[edit]- “Ankara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara f
Related terms
[edit]Turkish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Locator_map-Ankara_Province.png/220px-Locator_map-Ankara_Province.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ankara_districts.png/220px-Ankara_districts.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges with the Cubuk to become the Ankara but probably also calquing a local name ultimately derived from Hittite Ankuwash, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“elbow, bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ankara
- Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
- (metonymically, colloquial) the Turkish government.
- Ankara (a province of Turkey)
- Ankara (a river in Turkey)
Declension
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | Ankara | Ankaralar / Ankara'lar |
accusative | Ankara'yı | Ankaraları / Ankara'ları |
dative | Ankara'ya | Ankaralara / Ankara'lara |
locative | Ankara'da | Ankaralarda / Ankara'larda |
ablative | Ankara'dan | Ankaralardan / Ankara'lardan |
genitive | Ankara'nın | Ankaraların / Ankara'ların |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak (Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)
Derived terms
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Turkish
- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Hittite
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Turkey
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Turkey
- English metonyms
- en:Provinces of Turkey
- en:Rivers in Turkey
- English nouns
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Cities in Turkey
- af:National capitals
- af:Places in Turkey
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:Cities in Turkey
- az:Provinces of Turkey
- az:Places in Turkey
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Cities in Turkey
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in Turkey
- cs:Provinces of Turkey
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Dagbani lemmas
- Dagbani proper nouns
- dag:Cities in Ghana
- dag:National capitals
- dag:Places in Ghana
- French terms borrowed from Turkish
- French terms derived from Turkish
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Cities in Turkey
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in Turkey
- fr:Provinces of Turkey
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cities in Turkey
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Turkey
- de:Provinces of Turkey
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa proper nouns
- Hausa feminine nouns
- ha:Cities in Ghana
- ha:National capitals
- ha:Places in Ghana
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Turkish
- Hungarian terms derived from Turkish
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/rɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/rɒ/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Cities in Turkey
- hu:National capitals
- hu:Places in Turkey
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Turkish
- Indonesian terms derived from Turkish
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Cities in Turkey
- id:National capitals
- id:Places in Turkey
- id:Provinces of Turkey
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Cities in Turkey
- lv:National capitals
- lv:Places in Turkey
- lv:Provinces of Turkey
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- lt:Cities in Turkey
- lt:National capitals
- lt:Places in Turkey
- lt:Provinces of Turkey
- Polish terms borrowed from Turkish
- Polish terms derived from Turkish
- Polish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ara
- Rhymes:Polish/ara/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Cities in Turkey
- pl:National capitals
- pl:Places in Turkey
- pl:Provinces of Turkey
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Cities in Turkey
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in Turkey
- sh:Provinces of Turkey
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- sk:Cities in Turkey
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in Turkey
- sk:Provinces of Turkey
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾa
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Cities in Turkey
- es:National capitals
- es:Places in Turkey
- es:Provinces of Turkey
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Hittite
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Cities in Turkey
- tr:National capitals
- tr:Places in Turkey
- Turkish metonyms
- Turkish colloquialisms
- tr:Provinces of Turkey
- tr:Rivers in Turkey