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Defa/Kez/Kere
1.       cynicmystic
567 posts 		 14 Jun 2008 Sat 03:41 am

This is related to what Sertab posted.

What are the origins of KERE, DEFA and KEZ...

I looked them up in two etymologic dictionaries I have, and couldn't find a single entry.

Does anyone know the origin of these words? They seem to be interchangeable in modern Turkish.

2.       si++
3785 posts 		 14 Jun 2008 Sat 08:18 am

Türkçe etimolojik sözlük

kere&defa are Arabic
kez is Turkish

3.       cynicmystic
567 posts 		 14 Jun 2008 Sat 05:34 pm

Thank you for the reply.

The thing I don't like about Nisanyan's dictionary is that there is very little detail on the entries. Thank you though.

4.       CANLI
5084 posts 		 15 Jun 2008 Sun 01:20 am

Quoting si++:

Türkçe etimolojik sözlük

kere&defa are Arabic
kez is Turkish


Are you sure they are Arabic ?
İ try to find the close words for them but cant find :-S
Maybe drift from Arabic or they are old ones ?
Do you know the Arabic words of them ?

5.       si++
3785 posts 		 15 Jun 2008 Sun 08:14 am

Quoting CANLI:

Quoting si++:

Türkçe etimolojik sözlük

kere&defa are Arabic
kez is Turkish


Are you sure they are Arabic ?
İ try to find the close words for them but cant find :-S
Maybe drift from Arabic or they are old ones ?
Do you know the Arabic words of them ?


I don't exactly. But my dictionary gives:

defa (from Arabic def'a)
defaat < def'aât (plural of def'a) = many times
biddefaat (with many times)

kere should be from kerre
kerrat (plural of kerre)
kerrat cetveli = çarpım tablosu = multiplication table


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