görkem

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish گوركم (görkäm, “worth seeing, flashy, beautiful”, adjective), from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?] (“görk”). Related to görmek (“to see”). Compare Azerbaijani görkəm. The word had fallen out of use before being revived during the language reform.

Noun

görkem (definite accusative görkemi, plural görkemler)

1. splendor

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “görkem”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “görkem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük