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Where does “arkadaş” come from?

arkadaş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرقه‌داش, from Ottoman Turkish ـداش, from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ.

arkadaş (Turkish): friend; comrade; an informal word to address a...

Definitions

  1. friend; comrade; an informal word to address a...

Ancestry of “arkadaş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآرقه‌داش—
2Ottoman Turkishـداش—
3Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—

Words derived from “arkadaş”

  • arkadaşlık
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