anlam

Borrowed from Turkish anlam which is a nonsemantic learned borrowing from Karachay-Balkar анъылам (aꞑılam, “understanding; feeling; intelligence”). See the Turkish word for details.

Compare Azerbaijani qafa, another nonsemantic borrowing (from Arabic).

anlam (definite accusative anlamı, plural anlamlar) (neologism, puristic)

1. meaning

   Synonym: məna

   • 2020 October 14, “İlham Əliyev “France 24” televiziya kanalına müsahibə verib”, in Azərbaycan Respublikasının Prezidenti İlham Əliyev‎^[1]:

     Ola bilsin, bunun geniş beynəlxalq auditoriya üçün nə anlam daşıması o qədər aydın deyil.

     Perhaps it is not so clear what this means for a wider international audience.

2. purpose, point

   Synonym: məna

• Məsud, Afaq (2017), Azərbaycan dilinin işlək orfoqrafiya sözlüyü [An actual spelling dictionary of the Azerbaijani language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Nazirlər Kabineti yanında Tərcümə Mərkəzi, →ISBN, page 30
• AMEA Nəsimi adına Dilçilik İnstitutu (2021), "anlam", in Azərbaycan dilinin orfoqrafiya lüğəti [Orthography Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), 7th edition, Baku: Elm, page 48

A learned borrowing from Karachay-Balkar анъылам (aꞑılam, “understanding; feeling; intelligence”). Collected from Karachay muhacirs in Başhüyük, Konya. Popularized around 1935 in the time of the Turkish language reform to replace the Arabic-derived mana. Morphologically anla- +‎ -m.

• IPA^(key): /anˈɫam/

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• Hyphenation: an‧lam

anlam (definite accusative anlamı, plural anlamlar)

1. meaning

   Synonym: mana

2. purpose, point

   Synonym: mana

• → Azerbaijani: anlam

• “anlam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “anlam”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “anlam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “anlam”, in Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü‎^[3], Türk Dil Kurumu, 2011–