görkem

Meaning

splendor

Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish گوركم (görkäm, “worth seeing, flashy, beautiful”, adjective), from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?] (“görk”). Related to görmek (“to see”). Compare Azerbaijani görkəm. The word had fallen out of use before being revived during the language reform.

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