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kurum.

institution, foundation (established organisation)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuˈɾum/

  1. institution, foundation (established organisation)

  2. pride, arrogance, hubris

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قوروم (kurum). By surface analysis, kur- (“to set up, to establish; to magnify in the mind”) + -um.

noun/kuˈɾum/

  1. soot

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قوروم (kurum), from Proto-Turkic *kurum. Cognate with Azerbaijani qurum, Bashkir ҡором (qorom), Chuvash хӑрӑм (hărăm) Karakhanid قُرُنْ (qurun).

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