vatandaş

Meaning

  1. citizen
  2. countryman

Synonyms

hemşehri

ikamet eden kimse

memleketli

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɑ.tɑnˈdɑʃ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وطنداش. By surface analysis, vatan + -daş. Compare Azerbaijani vətəndaş, Turkmen watandaş, Bashkir ватандаш (vatandaş), Tatar ватандаш (watandaş), Crimean Tatar vatandaş, Uyghur ۋەتەنداش (wetendash), Kazakh отандас (otandas), Uzbek vatandosh.

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