gece

Meaning

Noun

night

Adv

1. at night, in the night, by night
2. nocturnally

Adj

nocturnal

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɟe̞ˈd͡ʒɛ]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كیجه, گیجه (gece, “night, evening”), from Old Anatolian Turkish كیجه (gejä, “night”), from Proto-Turkic *kēče (“night, evening”). Cognate to geç (“late”) and gecikmek (“to be late”). Compare Turkic cognates such as Old Turkic 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče, “evening, late in the evening”), Karakhanid [script needed] (kéčē, “night, at night”), Turkmen gije (“night”), Yakut киэһэ (kiehe, “evening”), and Hungarian késik (“to be late”) a Turkic borrowing from the same root. Unrelated to geç- (“to pass”) which has a short /e/.

Sentences

Bu gece ne yapıyorsun?

What are you doing tonight?

Gece daha yeni başlıyor .

The night is still young.

Bu gece onun için ne kadar acı olmuştu.

How painful it had been for him tonight.

Gece yeniden düğün başladı .

The wedding started again at night.

Gece kapladı her yeri .

The night covered everything.

Gece lambasını kaldırdım.

I lifted the night light.

Bu gece bahçenin bir köşesinde yatmama müsaade etmeyecek misiniz?

Won't you let me sleep in a corner of the garden tonight?

Kefaletle serbest bırakılmadan önce üç gece hapiste tutuldu ve mahkemeye çıkarıldı.

He was held in prison for three nights and put on trial before being released on bail.