hademe

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خدمه (ḫademe),[1] plural of خادم (ḫadım, “a man servant, a servant”), from Arabic خَادِمْ (ḵādim, “domestic servant, employee”), active participle of خَدَمَ (ḵadama, “to serve”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.deˈme/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧de‧me

Noun

hademe (definite accusative hademeyi, plural hademeler)

  1. A caretaker, janitor, maintenance man.
    Synonym: odacı

Declension

Declension of hademe
singular plural
nominative hademe hademeler
definite accusative hademeyi hademeleri
dative hademeye hademelere
locative hademede hademelerde
ablative hademeden hademelerden
genitive hademenin hademelerin
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular hademeyim hademelerim
2nd singular hademesin hademelersin
3rd singular hademe
hademedir 		hademeler
hademelerdir
1st plural hademeyiz hademeleriz
2nd plural hademesiniz hademelersiniz
3rd plural hademeler hademelerdir

Derived terms

  • hademeihayrat

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خدمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 818
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hademe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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