şeklen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شكلا (şeklen), from Arabic شَكْلًا (šaklan), adverbial accusative of شَكْل (šakl, “shape”). By surface analysis, şekil (“shape”) +‎ -en. Compare Azerbaijani şəklən, Uzbek shaklan and Uyghur شەكلەن (sheklen).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: şek‧len

Adverb

şeklen

  1. in form, in appearance
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