kardeş
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Turkish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قارداش (kardaş, “sibling”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قردآش (kardaş, “sibling”), equivalent to karın (“womb”) + -daş (“fellow of, having in common, sharing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kardeş (definite accusative kardeşi, plural kardeşler)
Usage notes
[edit]- The term is gender-neutral, gender is indicated with phrases erkek kardeş (“brother”, literally “male sibling”) and kız kardeş (“sister”, literally “girl sibling”).
- This term is not used to refer to one's own older sibling; abi (“older brother”) or abla (“older sister”) are used instead.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kardeş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu