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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dede.

grandfather

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[dede]
  1. grandfather

  2. A male hereditary priest in the Alevi religion.

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish دده (dede), from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (baba, dede), from baby talk like many other words for close family.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.