çekirdek
Meaning
- kernel
- seed of any kind of fruit or vegetable
- nucleus (large organelle found in cells)
- (colloquial) sunflower seed
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Frequency
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چكردك (çekirdek), from Proto-Turkic *čeke-t (“fruit seed, hazelnut”). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (šekirtük, “pistachio”), Kyrgyz чегедек/чегелдек (cegeldek), etc.
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