vatandaş

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

By surface analysis, vatan +‎ -daş

Noun

vatandaş

  1. countryman

Declension

Declension of vatandaş
singular plural
nominative vatandaş vatandaşlar
genitive vatandaşnıñ vatandaşlarnıñ
dative vatandaşğa vatandaşlarğa
accusative vatandaşnı vatandaşlarnı
locative vatandaşda vatandaşlarda
ablative vatandaşdan vatandaşlardan

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وطنداش. By surface analysis, vatan +‎ -daş. Compare Azerbaijani vətəndaş, Turkmen watandaş, Bashkir ватандаш (vatandaş), Tatar ватандаш (watandaş), Crimean Tatar vatandaş, Uyghur ۋەتەنداش (wetendash), Kazakh отандас (otandas), Uzbek vatandosh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ.tɑnˈdɑʃ/
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Noun

vatandaş

  1. citizen
  2. countryman

Usage notes

  • The word vatandaş is very often used, especially in journalese or rhetorical usage, to simply mean person or people in a neutral or positive context, instead of the more general words kişi or insan.
Etraftaki vatandaşlar saldırganı yere yatırıp polis için seslendi.
Bystanders held the attacker down and called for the police.

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References

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