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gömlek

Meaning

  1. shirt, especially button-up
  2. An upper body undergarment.
  3. External case wrapped around a book; dust jacket.
  4. (figuratively) rank, grade

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɟœmˈlec/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوملك (gömlek), from Proto-Turkic *köyŋelek, from Proto-Turkic *köŋül (“the heart, chest; the mind”). Cognate with Karakhanid کُنکْلَکْ (köŋlek), Azerbaijani köynək, Uyghur كۆينەك (köynek). Doublet of köynek (provincial).

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