Yılbaşı

See also: yılbaşı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ییل باشی (yıl başı, “new year”). By surface analysis, yıl (“year”) +‎ baş (“head”)

Proper noun

Yılbaşı

  1. New Year's day

Usage notes

  • Sometimes treated as an ordinary compound noun with definite accusative yılbaşını, sometimes as a proper noun with definite accusative Yilbaşı'yı.
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