el âlem

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • el alem, elâlem, elalem

Etymology

According to Tietze, from el (“other people”) +‎ âlem (“realm”). [1] Nişanyan rejects this etymology and instead suggests the word el is the Arabic article ال (al-, “the”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

el âlem (definite accusative el âlemi, uncountable)

  1. (collective) other people; foreigners, strangers
    1. any other person than oneself; others, other people
    2. any other person than the oneself and the people the spoken to
      el âlem hakkımızda konuşuyor ― other people are talking about us
    3. any person that the one does not know or recognize, strangers, foreigners
    4. any person that is not a part of one's nation, tribe, family, clan etc.
      el âlem uzaya çıkıyor, biz yerimizde sayıyoruz
      while foreigners (people from other countries) are going to space, we are not developing

Declension

Declension of el âlem
singular plural
nominative el âlem —
definite accusative el âlemi —
dative el âleme —
locative el âlemde —
ablative el âlemden —
genitive el âlemin —

Derived terms

  • el âlemin ağzı torba değil ki büzesin

References

  1. ^ Tietze, Andreas (2009) “el âlem”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 579
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “elalem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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