Etymology

Atatürk

Ata·türk

Today it means: A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey Full definition →

Turkish Atatürk ← Ottoman Turkish ترك (türk) ← Old Anatolian Turkish ترك (türk)
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic*ata
  2. Old Anatolian Turkishآتا (ata)
  3. Ottoman Turkishآتا (ata)
  4. Turkishata
  5. Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)k
  6. Old Anatolian Turkishترك (türk)
  7. Ottoman Turkishترك (türk)
  8. TurkishTürk
  9. TurkishAtatürk
  10. English todayAtatürk

Borrowed from Turkish Atatürk.

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