ilk
Meaning
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- first
- pristine (pertaining to the earliest state of something)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ilc/
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الك (ilk, “first, firstly, in the first place”), from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“first”). Cognate of Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰚 (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ (ilk, “first, firstly”), and Bashkir элек (elek, “before, earlier, ago”).
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Sentences
Bu Sırbistan'ın ilk 1st maç günüydü.
1st
That was Serbia's first match day.
Buraya defnedilen ilk 1st tiyatrocuydu.
1st
He was the first theatre to be buried here.
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