geçit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From geç- (“to cross, to pass”) + -it,[1] from Proto-Turkic *keč- (“to pass, to wade”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
geçit (definite accusative geçidi, plural geçitler)
- crossover
- (geography) a narrow place where one may travel: pass; ford; narrows; isthmus
- the act of crossing or passing
- (military) parade
- 1936 April 21, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
- Dün Berlin'de muazzam bir geçid resmi yapıldı
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1936 April 21, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
Hyponyms edit
References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “geçit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*geč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill