gelenek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gel- +‎ -enek. Coined by Turkish statesman İsmet İnönü.[1] Displaced Ottoman Turkish عنعنه (an'ane).

Noun[edit]

gelenek

  1. tradition

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 95