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

• erken

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