Where does “çağdaş” come from?

çağdaş (Turkish) comes from Turkish çağ, from Ottoman Turkish چاغ, from Proto-Turkic *čāk — time, measure.

çağdaş (Turkish): modern, contemporary

Definitions

  1. modern, contemporary

Ancestry of “çağdaş”, step by step

çağdaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çağ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçağera, epoch, age, period; age
2Ottoman Turkishچاغtime
3Proto-Turkic*čāktime, measure

via Azerbaijani çağ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniçağtime; days, hour, time

Words derived from “çağdaş”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čāk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چاغ →Every word from Turkish çağ →