araç

See also: arac

Turkish

Etymology

Coined during the language reform; appears in Cep Kılavuzu (1935)[1]. Created via ara +‎ -ç, an unproductive suffix. Intended to replace vasıta (“means; means of transportation”)[2]. See also gereç.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ.ˈɾɑt͡ʃ/
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Noun

araç

  1. tool, means, implement
  2. vehicle

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. “araç”, in Türkçeden Osmanlıcaya Cep Kılavuzu [Pocket Guide from Turkish to Ottoman Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Devlet basımevi, 1935, page 19b
  2. Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 112
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