hademe

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خدمه (ḫademe), plural of خادم (ḫadım, “a man servant, a servant”), from Arabic خَادِمْ (ḵādim, “domestic servant, employee”), active participle of خَدَمَ (ḵadama, “to serve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.deˈme/
• Hyphenation: ha‧de‧me

Noun

hademe (definite accusative hademeyi, plural hademeler)

1. A caretaker, janitor, maintenance man.

   Synonym: odacı

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	hademe
Definite accusative	hademeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hademe	hademeler
Definite accusative	hademeyi	hademeleri
Dative	hademeye	hademelere
Locative	hademede	hademelerde
Ablative	hademeden	hademelerden
Genitive	hademenin	hademelerin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular hademeyim hademelerim 2nd singular hademesin hademelersin 3rd singular hademe hademedir hademeler hademelerdir 1st plural hademeyiz hademeleriz 2nd plural hademesiniz hademelersiniz 3rd plural hademeler hademelerdir

Derived terms

• hademeihayrat

 

Related terms

• hadım
• hadim
• hizmet
• istihdam

 

Further reading

• “hademe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hademe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1831