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Where does “kent” come from?
kent (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كنت, from Ottoman Turkish كند.
kent
(Turkish): city
Definitions
city
Ancestry of “kent”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
كنت
village, a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
2
Ottoman Turkish
كند
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Words derived from “kent”
yörekent
Akçakent
Buharkent
Doğankent
kentli
kenttaş
megakent
Saraykent
Senirkent
Taşkent
Yakakent
çadır kent
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