kaldırım

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish قالدرم (kaldırım, “pavement, paving, paved road, enbankment, dyke, a cross”). By surface analysis, kaldır- (“to raise”) +‎ -ım (“deverbal nominal”). Sometimes connected to Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + δρόμος (drómos, “path, road”), but according to Nişanyan this is a folk etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɫ.dɯˈɾɯm/ Hyphenation: kal‧dı‧rım === Noun === kaldırım (definite accusative kaldırımı, plural kaldırımlar) pavement, sidewalk a raised path made of rocks to prevent people walking in the dirt or mud ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Greek: καλντερίμι n (kalnterími, “cobbled street”) → Romanian: caldarâm === References === === Further reading === “kaldırım”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu