uçak
Meaning
aeroplane, airplane
Concepts
fixed-wing aircraft
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[uˈtʃɑk]
Etymology
By surface analysis, uç- + -ak. The word was coined during the Turkish language reform and was originally proposed to denote the concept 'airfield, airport'. However, it came to denote 'aircraft' instead, displacing the proposed coinage uçku (“airplane”).
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