hademe

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خدمه (ḫademe), plural of خادم (ḫadım, “a man servant, a servant”), from Arabic خَادِمْ (ḵādim, “domestic servant, employee”), active participle of خَدَمَ (ḵadama, “to serve”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ha.deˈme/ Hyphenation: ha‧de‧me === Noun === hademe (definite accusative hademeyi, plural hademeler) A caretaker, janitor, maintenance man. Synonym: odacı ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hademe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hademe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1831