geçit

Turkish

Etymology

From geç- (“to cross, to pass”) +‎ -it[1], from Proto-Turkic *keč- (“to pass, to wade”)[2].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟeˈt͡ʃit/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧çit

Noun

geçit (definite accusative geçidi, plural geçitler)

  1. crossover
  2. (geography) a narrow place where one may travel: pass; ford; narrows; isthmus
  3. the act of crossing or passing
  4. (military) parade
    • 1936 April 21, headline in Ulusal Birlik:
      Dün Berlin'de muazzam bir geçid resmi yapıldı
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Hyponyms

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “geçit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*geč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • geçit in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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