قهرمانلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قهرمان (kahraman, “hero”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, “-ness”).

Noun

قهرمانلق • (kahramanlık)

heroism, the qualities characteristic of a hero

Descendants

Turkish: kahramanlık

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kahramanlık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2337
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قهرمانلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 995
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهرمانلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502

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