Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقدمه (mukaddeme, mukaddime),[1][2][3] from Arabic مُقَدِّمَة (muqaddima).[4]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mu.kad.diˈme/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧kad‧di‧me

Noun edit

mukaddime (definite accusative mukaddimeyi, plural mukaddimeler)

  1. (archaic, literary) introduction, preface
  2. (archaic, figuratively) forerunner (precursor, harbinger)

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقدمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1942
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقدمه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1208
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مقدمه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1290
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gamze”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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