gamze

See also: Gamze

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غمزه (gamze, “coquetry, wink or sign with the eye; dimple”), from Arabic غَمْزَة (ḡamza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamˈze/
• Hyphenation: gam‧ze

Noun

gamze (definite accusative gamzeyi, plural gamzeler)

1. dimple (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gamze
Definite accusative	gamzeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gamze	gamzeler
Definite accusative	gamzeyi	gamzeleri
Dative	gamzeye	gamzelere
Locative	gamzede	gamzelerde
Ablative	gamzeden	gamzelerden
Genitive	gamzenin	gamzelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular gamzem gamzelerim 2nd singular gamzen gamzelerin 3rd singular gamzesi gamzeleri 1st plural gamzemiz gamzelerimiz 2nd plural gamzeniz gamzeleriniz 3rd plural gamzeleri gamzeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular gamzemi gamzelerimi 2nd singular gamzeni gamzelerini 3rd singular gamzesini gamzelerini 1st plural gamzemizi gamzelerimizi 2nd plural gamzenizi gamzelerinizi 3rd plural gamzelerini gamzelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular gamzeme gamzelerime 2nd singular gamzene gamzelerine 3rd singular gamzesine gamzelerine 1st plural gamzemize gamzelerimize 2nd plural gamzenize gamzelerinize 3rd plural gamzelerine gamzelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular gamzemde gamzelerimde 2nd singular gamzende gamzelerinde 3rd singular gamzesinde gamzelerinde 1st plural gamzemizde gamzelerimizde 2nd plural gamzenizde gamzelerinizde 3rd plural gamzelerinde gamzelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular gamzemden gamzelerimden 2nd singular gamzenden gamzelerinden 3rd singular gamzesinden gamzelerinden 1st plural gamzemizden gamzelerimizden 2nd plural gamzenizden gamzelerinizden 3rd plural gamzelerinden gamzelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular gamzemin gamzelerimin 2nd singular gamzenin gamzelerinin 3rd singular gamzesinin gamzelerinin 1st plural gamzemizin gamzelerimizin 2nd plural gamzenizin gamzelerinizin 3rd plural gamzelerinin gamzelerinin

Further reading

• “gamze”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gamze”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1639