Where does “gece hayatı” come from?

gece hayatı (Turkish) comes from Turkish gece, from Old Anatolian Turkish كیجه, from Proto-Turkic *kēče — evening.

gece hayatı (Turkish): nightlife

Definitions

  1. nightlife

Ancestry of “gece hayatı”, step by step

gece hayatı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish gece

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgecenight; at night, in the night, by night;...
2Old Anatolian Turkishكیجهnight
3Proto-Turkic*kēčeevening

via Turkish hayat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhayatlife
2Ottoman Turkishحیات—
3Arabicحَيَاة—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kēče →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish كیجه →Every word from Turkish gece →