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Where does “sözcü” come from?

sözcü (Turkish) comes from Turkish söz, from Ottoman Turkish سوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish سوز, from Proto-Turkic söŕ — word, speech.

sözcü (Turkish): spokesperson; third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. spokesperson; third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “sözcü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsözword, statement, speech; lyric; promise
2Ottoman Turkishسوزword
3Old Anatolian Turkishسوز—
4Proto-Turkicsöŕword, speech

Words derived from “sözcü”

  • sözcülük
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