bekâr
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish بكار (bekâr, “bachelor”), from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”). Historically confused with بیكار (bekâr), a Persian word meaning unemployed as in the Ottoman بیكار اوطهلری (bekâr odaları) which were shelters for unemployed people to stay in.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bekâr (definite accusative bekârı, plural bekârlar)
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References[edit]
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 272a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bekâr”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “bekâr”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu