kaldırım

From Ottoman Turkish قالدرم‎ (kaldırım, “pavement, paving, paved road, enbankment, dyke, a cross”), probably derived from Ottoman Turkish قالدرمق‎ (kaldırmak, “to raise, set up, erect”).[1] See kaldırmak. Sometimes connected to Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + δρόμος (drómos, “path, road”), but according to Nişanyan this is a folk etymology.[1]

• IPA^(key): [kɑɫ.dɯ.ˈrɯm]

kaldırım (definite accusative kaldırımı, plural kaldırımlar)

1. roadway
2. pavement, sidewalk

• kaldırımlı
• kaldırımsız
• kaldırım taşı
• kaldırım mühendisi

• Arnavut kaldırımı

• Greek: καλντερίμι n (kalnterími, “cobbled street”)
• → Romanian: caldarâm