egemen

Turkish

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of French hégémon (“hegemon”) from ege (“patron”, archaic form of iye) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

egemen

1. sovereign
2. (figurative) dominant

   Synonyms: baskın, dominant

Derived terms

• egemenlik (“sovereignty”)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: егемен (egemen)
• → Kyrgyz: эгемен (egemen)
• → Uzbek: egaman

References

• “egemen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu