köle
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kole"
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوله (“slave”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫle. Compare Azerbaijani kölə (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cø.ˈle/
- Hyphenation: kö‧le
Noun
köle (definite accusative köleyi, plural köleler)
- slave; a person who is held in servitude as the property of another person
- (BDSM) slave; a submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | köle | köleler |
| definite accusative | köleyi | köleleri |
| dative | köleye | kölelere |
| locative | kölede | kölelerde |
| ablative | köleden | kölelerden |
| genitive | kölenin | kölelerin |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “köle”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “köle”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı