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Where does “öğretmen” come from?

öğretmen (Turkish) comes from Turkish öğretmek, from Ottoman Turkish اوكرتمك, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوكرتمك, from Proto-Turkic *ögret-.

öğretmen (Turkish): teacher

Definitions

  1. teacher

Ancestry of “öğretmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishöğretmekto teach
2Ottoman Turkishاوكرتمك—
3Old Anatolian Turkishاوكرتمك—
4Proto-Turkic*ögret-—

Words derived from “öğretmen”

  • öğretmenlik
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