Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

gelenek

  1. tradition

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References edit

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