künye
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كنیه (kinye, künye, “a patronymic or surname composed with father, mother, son etc.”),[1] from Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya).[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani künyə.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
künye (definite accusative künyeyi, plural künyeler)
- The record that shows a person's identity information; kunya.
- A metalic item such as a bracelet, necklace etc. that displays this information.
- (printing) The page in a book that displays information like the name of the book, the author, the publisher etc.
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كنیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1578
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “künye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “künye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “künye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2898