hademe

Turkish

Etymology

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

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

Related terms

• hadım
• hadim
• hizmet
• istihdam

Further reading

• “hademe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hademe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1831