celal

See also: Celal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جلال (celal), from Arabic جَلَال (jalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeˈlal/, (definite accusative) /dʒe.laːˈli/
• Hyphenation: ce‧lal

Noun

celal (definite accusative celali, plural celaller) (archaic)

1. glory
2. wrath
   • 1921, “İstiklal Marşı”, Mehmet Akif Ersoy (lyrics), Osman Zeki Üngör (music):

     Kahraman ırkıma bir gül; ne bu şiddet, bu celal?

     A smile for my heroic race; what is this violence, this wrath?

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	celal
Definite accusative	celali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celal	celaller
Definite accusative	celali	celalleri
Dative	celale	celallere
Locative	celalde	celallerde
Ablative	celalden	celallerden
Genitive	celalin	celallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular celalim celallerim 2nd singular celalin celallerin 3rd singular celali celalleri 1st plural celalimiz celallerimiz 2nd plural celaliniz celalleriniz 3rd plural celalleri celalleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular celalimi celallerimi 2nd singular celalini celallerini 3rd singular celalini celallerini 1st plural celalimizi celallerimizi 2nd plural celalinizi celallerinizi 3rd plural celallerini celallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular celalime celallerime 2nd singular celaline celallerine 3rd singular celaline celallerine 1st plural celalimize celallerimize 2nd plural celalinize celallerinize 3rd plural celallerine celallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular celalimde celallerimde 2nd singular celalinde celallerinde 3rd singular celalinde celallerinde 1st plural celalimizde celallerimizde 2nd plural celalinizde celallerinizde 3rd plural celallerinde celallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular celalimden celallerimden 2nd singular celalinden celallerinden 3rd singular celalinden celallerinden 1st plural celalimizden celallerimizden 2nd plural celalinizden celallerinizden 3rd plural celallerinden celallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular celalimin celallerimin 2nd singular celalinin celallerinin 3rd singular celalinin celallerinin 1st plural celalimizin celallerimizin 2nd plural celalinizin celallerinizin 3rd plural celallerinin celallerinin

Derived terms

• celallenmek
• celalli

 

Related terms

• Celâli
• celil

 

References

• “celal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “celal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 668