Kamâl

See also: Kamal and kamal

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Uzbek qamal (“siege, blockade, encirclement”); Kazakh qamal (“castle, rampart”)

Proper noun

Kamâl

1. a male given name which means "siege, blockade, encirclement"
2. a male given name which means "castle, rampart"
3. Turkey's first president Atatürk's given name from 1935 to 1937 during the Turkish language reform.

See also

Kemal Atatürk

• Kemal

References

1.

• Niyazi Ahmet Banoğlu, Atatürk'ün İstanbul'daki Hayatı, 2. cilt, Millî Eğitim Matbaası, 1974, s. 131
• Oʻzbek tilining izohli lugʻati
• Oʻzbek tilining etimologik lugʻati
• "qamal" in Uzbek-Turkish Dictionary

2.

• Osmanlıcadan Türkçeye Söz Karşılıkları Tarama Dergisi
• Kamal - Nişanyan Adlar
• Murat Belge, Tanıl Bora, Murat Gültekingil. Milliyetçilik (2002)
• "qamal" in Kazakh-Turkish Dictionary

3.

• Enis Dinç. Atatürk on Screen: Documentary Film and the Making of a Leader (2020)