kıyamet
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیامت (kıyâmet),[1] from Arabic قِيَامَة (qiyāma, “resurrection, upheaval”), from قَامَ (qāma, “to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position), to get up”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kıyamet (definite accusative kıyameti, plural kıyametler)
- (religion) judgement day, apocalypse
- (figuratively) uproar
- (figuratively) Very bad weather.
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
- Armenian: ղիամաթ (ġiamatʻ)
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1503
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kıyamet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “kıyamet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kıyamet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2649