geç

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gec"

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish كج (gec), from Proto-Turkic *gēč. Related to gece (night) and gecikmek (to be late), but not geçmek (to pass). Cognate with Azerbaijani gec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟetʃ/

Adjective

geç

  1. late, delayed
    Bu geç saatte burada ne yapıyorsun?What are you doing here at this late hour?
Antonyms

Adverb

geç

  1. late
    Geç evlenmiş ve çocukları da geç olmuş.He had married late and his children too had come late.

Etymology 2

Verb

geç

  1. second-person singular imperative of geçmek