çekirdek
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *čeke-t (“fruit seed, hazelnut”).[1] Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (šekirtük, “pistachio”), Kyrgyz чегедек/чегелдек (cegeldek), etc.
Noun[edit]
çekirdek (definite accusative çekirdeği, plural çekirdekler)
- kernel
- seed of any kind of fruit or vegetable
- (cytology) nucleus (large organelle found in cells)
- (colloquial) sunflower seed
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čEke-t”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill