araç
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined during the language reform; appears in Cep Kılavuzu (1935).[1] Created via ara + -ç, an unproductive suffix. Intended to replace vasıta (“means; means of transportation”).[2] See also gereç.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]araç (definite accusative aracı, plural araçlar)
Declension
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References
[edit]- ^ “araç”, in Türkçeden Osmanlıcaya Cep Kılavuzu [Pocket Guide from Turkish to Ottoman Turkish][1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Devlet basımevi, 1935, page 19b
- ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999), The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 112