Arap zamkı
Turkish
Etymology
By surface analysis, Arap (“Arab”) + zamk (“gum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɾap zamˈkɯ/
Noun
Arap zamkı (definite accusative Arap zamkını, uncountable)
- gum arabic, an edible substance taken from two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees
- Synonym: zamkıarabi
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arap zamkı | — |
| definite accusative | Arap zamkını | — |
| dative | Arap zamkına | — |
| locative | Arap zamkında | — |
| ablative | Arap zamkından | — |
| genitive | Arap zamkının | — |
Further reading
- “Arap zamkı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “Arap zamkı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “Arap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 279