ülke

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اولكه, اولكا (ülke), from Proto-Turkic *üle- (“to divide”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ülkä, “administrative region”); Kazakh өлке (ölke), Kyrgyz өлкө (ölkö, “country, land”), Kumyk уьлке (ülke, “country”), Uzbek oʻlka (“region, country”), Uyghur ئۆلكە (ölke, “country; province”), Azerbaijani ölkə (“country”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [yl̪ˈcɛ]

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Noun

ülke (definite accusative ülkeyi, plural ülkeler)

1. country (country, nation)