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ateş

Sentences
Meaning

  1. fire
  2. fever, temperature
  3. gunfire; artillery fire
  4. light (flame to create fire)
  5. (informal) lighter
  6. anger

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɑˈt̪eʃ]
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آتش (ateş, “fire”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ataş, “fire”), ultimately from Persian آتش (âtaš). Replaced od (“fire”), the native Turkic word for fire. According to Urusbiev (1963:51) composed of at- (“to shoot, fire”) + -ş.

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