kitabevi

Turkish

Alternative forms

• kitab evi (misspelling)
• kitap evi (misspelling)
• kitapevi (misspelling)

Etymology

From kitap (“book”) +‎ ev (“house”). ev was chosen over the more common hane used in names of establishments because it was already found in kütüphane (“library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈta.be.vi/

Noun

kitabevi (definite accusative kitabevini, plural kitabevleri)

1. bookstore, bookshop

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kitabevi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2692