cendem

Gagauz

Cyrillic ӝендем

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian дженде́м (džendém), from Ottoman Turkish جهنم (cehennem), from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒenˈdem/
  • Hyphenation: cen‧dem

Noun

cendem (definite accusative cendemi, plural cendemnär)

  1. (religion) hell
    Antonyms: cennet, ray, aaret
    cendem kapusuthe gates of hell

Declension

Declension of cendem
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) cendem cendemnär
definite accusative (belirtme) cendemi cendemneri
dative (yönelme) cendemä cendemnerä
locative (bulunma) cendemdä cendemnerdä
ablative (çıkma) cendemdän cendemnerdän
genitive (tamlayan) cendemin cendemnerin

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “cendem”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 118