kıdem

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قدم (kıdem), from Arabic قِدَم (qidam).

Noun

kıdem (definite accusative kıdemi, plural kıdemler)

1. priority
2. precedence

Related terms

• kadem
• mukaddeme

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قدم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 949b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kıdem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN