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kurmay.

general staff

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuɾˈmaj/

  1. general staff

  2. an officer who is a member of the general staff

Where this word comes from

Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1935 from kur (“court”), or kur- (“to establish, organize”), possibly a phono-semantic matching of French corps. The origin and function of *-may is unknown.

adj/kuɾˈmaj/

  1. (an officer) possessing staff authority

Where this word comes from

Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1935 from kur (“court”), or kur- (“to establish, organize”), possibly a phono-semantic matching of French corps. The origin and function of *-may is unknown.

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