birtakım

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بر طاقم, equivalent to bir +‎ takım.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾ.ta.kɯm/
  • Hyphenation: bir‧ta‧kım

Adjective

birtakım (not comparable)

  1. some; an unspecified quantity or number of.
    • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 379:
      Efendiler, her muvaffakiyetsizliğin sonunda, birtakım dedikoduların meydan alması beklenmelidir.
      Gentlemen, it is to be expected that some rumors will surface after every failure.

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