göğem

Turkish

Alternative forms

• gövem, güvem, güğem (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوگم (göğem, güğem) from گوك (gök), whence also gök. Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”).

Noun

göğem (definite accusative göğemi, plural göğemler) (dated, dialectal)

1. greenish-purple
2. sloe (fruit and tree)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	göğem
Definite accusative	göğemi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	göğem	göğemler
Definite accusative	göğemi	göğemleri
Dative	göğeme	göğemlere
Locative	göğemde	göğemlerde
Ablative	göğemden	göğemlerden
Genitive	göğemin	göğemlerin

Related terms

• gök

Further reading

• “göğem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu