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Kabir / mezar...
1.       Gölge
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 09 Jul 2014 Wed 06:46 pm

This may be a stupid question but could anyone explain the difference between ´kabir´ and ´mezar´ to me?

 

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2.       gokuyum
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 09 Jul 2014 Wed 11:53 pm

I think there is no difference. But it is better to ask deads if there is any



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3.       tunci
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 10 Jul 2014 Thu 12:36 am

 

They both mean the same ---> A place where the dead body is buried/graved. In other words = grave


Mezar = Kabir  [grave]

Mezarlık = Kabristan [graveyard]


The difference is their origin , 


* "Kabir"  originates from an Arabic verb "Kabara" --> the act of burrying / the hole.


* "Mezar " also originates from Arabic which means " the place that is visited ". Since , people visit their loved ones who are dead, it does make sense to call the grave as mezar.




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4.       Gölge
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 10 Jul 2014 Thu 12:40 am

okay thank you so much! I wanted to ask it to be sure. Because Turkish is more rich in words than Dutch. Sometimes we have 1 Dutch word for different Turkish words with different meanings. My book gave me ´graf´ for both kabir and mezar, so I wanted to be sure if their was any difference.

 

It was actually really interesting to find out the originn of both these words

 

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