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Which of the words below is Turkish ?
1.       Carlenson
28 posts
 11 Sep 2012 Tue 03:51 pm

 

 Only one of them is Turkish. The other two are not.

 

http://www.facebook.com/MerhabaTurkish

2.       tunci
7149 posts
 11 Sep 2012 Tue 04:32 pm

 

Quoting Carlenson

 

 Only one of them is Turkish. The other two are not.

 

http://www.facebook.com/MerhabaTurkish

 

Carlenson, your question in your website is wrong as none of those words are in Turkish.

 

Çakal ---> Farsi  ------>  Fa/OFa şaġāl شغال [this word passed into european languages from Farsi. 

Defter ---> Arabic  ---->  daftar دفتر  

Pencere ---> Farsi  ----> Fa pancara/pancar پنجره/پنجر

 



Edited (9/11/2012) by tunci

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3.       si++
3785 posts
 11 Sep 2012 Tue 05:35 pm

 

Quoting tunci

 

 

Carlenson, your question in your website is wrong as none of those words are in Turkish.

 

Çakal ---> Farsi  ------>  Fa/OFa şaġāl شغال [this word passed into european languages from Farsi. 

Defter ---> Arabic  ---->  daftar دفتر  

Pencere ---> Farsi  ----> Fa pancara/pancar پنجره/پنجر

 

 

Jackal entered English from Turkish "çakal" which is from Persian "shaghal".

 

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=j&allowed_in_frame=0

jackal (n.) Look up jackal at Dictionary.com
c.1600, from Turk. çakal, from Pers. shaghal, from or cognate with Skt. srgala-s, lit. "the howler." Figurative sense of "skulking henchman" is from the old belief that jackals stirred up game for lions.

4.       tunci
7149 posts
 11 Sep 2012 Tue 06:23 pm

 

Quoting si++

 

 

Jackal entered English from Turkish "çakal" which is from Persian "shaghal".

 

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=j&allowed_in_frame=0

jackal (n.) Look up jackal at Dictionary.com
c.1600, from Turk. çakal, from Pers. shaghal, from or cognate with Skt. srgala-s, lit. "the howler." Figurative sense of "skulking henchman" is from the old belief that jackals stirred up game for lions.

 

Which ever way it came from , it is originated from Persian and it does not change the fact that it is not a Turkish word.

TDK dictionary says it is "Persian" too.

http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_gts&arama=gts&guid=TDK.GTS.504f64957a2b16.29856662

 

Merhaba Turkish teachers should check words  on TDK website first  before they give quiz to learners, so that they wont go wrong.

 

 

 



Edited (9/11/2012) by tunci
Edited (9/11/2012) by tunci
Edited (9/11/2012) by tunci

5.       si++
3785 posts
 12 Sep 2012 Wed 10:05 am

 

Quoting tunci

 

 

Which ever way it came from , it is originated from Persian and it does not change the fact that it is not a Turkish word.

 

 

 

I think that makes some difference. English loan is based on Turkish form "çakal" not "shaghal".

 

Take this one for example:

 

Turkish "Köşk" is from Persian

English kiosk is from Turkish "köşk"

Now kiosk entered Turkish as "kiosk"

 

Is it Persian or English? I would say it´s English.

6.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 12 Sep 2012 Wed 11:32 am

Which ever way it came from , it is originated from Persian and it does not change the fact that it is not a Turkish word.

 

Regardless of where it originated from "çakal" is a widely recognized Türkish word now, just lie "telefon".

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