kemal

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كمال, from Arabic كَمَال (kamāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceˈmɑlʲ/
• Hyphenation: ke‧mal

Noun

kemal (definite accusative kemali, plural kemaller)

1. perfection

References

• “kemal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kemal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2537
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kemal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1038