kaldırım
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قالدرم (kaldırım, “pavement, paving, paved road, enbankment, dyke, a cross”), probably derived from Ottoman Turkish قالدرمق (kaldırmak, “to raise, set up, erect”).[1] See kaldırmak. Sometimes connected to Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + δρόμος (drómos, “path, road”), but according to Nişanyan this is a folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kaldırım (definite accusative kaldırımı, plural kaldırımlar)
Declension
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Descendants
- Greek: καλντερίμι n (kalnterími, “cobbled street”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-08-07) “kaldırım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük