kalıt
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kal- (“to stay”) + -ıt,[1] from Proto-Turkic *kiāl- (“to stay behind, remain”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kalıt (definite accusative kalıtyı, plural kalıtlar)
- (law) Inheritance, heritage.
- (figuratively) That which is passed on through genetics.
- (figuratively) A behavior that is passed on through customs and traditions.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalıt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kiāl”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
[edit]- “kalıt”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kalıt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2358