gelenek

Turkish

Etymology

From gel- +‎ -enek. Coined by Turkish statesman İsmet İnönü.^[1] Displaced Ottoman Turkish عنعنه (an'ane).

Noun

gelenek

tradition

Synonyms

Derived terms

geleneksel (“traditional”)

References

^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 95

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