kaldırım

Meaning

1. roadway
2. pavement, sidewalk

Concepts

pavement

sidewalk

walk

🚶

walkway

way

carriageway

busway

pave

road

🛣️

roadway

Synonyms

koridor

pist

taban

yaya kaldırımı

tretuvar

tretuar

Translations

calçada

trottoir

marciapiede

acera

vorera

Bürgersteig

stoep

chaussée

trottoir

πεζοδρόμιο

vereda

🛣️

Gehsteig

pavé

Pflaster

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɑɫ.dɯ.ˈrɯm]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قالدرم

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish: قالدرمق

Cognate with Ancient Greek: καλός

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قالدرم (kaldırım, “pavement, paving, paved road, enbankment, dyke, a cross”), probably derived from Ottoman Turkish قالدرمق (kaldırmak, “to raise, set up, erect”). See kaldırmak. Sometimes connected to Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + δρόμος (drómos, “path, road”), but according to Nişanyan this is a folk etymology.