Atatürk
English
Alternative forms
- Ataturk
Etymology
Turkish Atatürk (literally “father of the Turks”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ătʹə-tûrk
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈatətɜːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈætətɝk/
- Hyphenation: Ata‧türk
Proper noun
Atatürk
- The pseudonym of Mustafa Kemal Pasha (1881–1938), Turkish statesman and army officer who established the modern state of Turkey.
Coordinate terms
- Kemalism
- Kemalist
Derived terms
- Ataturkist
Turkish
Etymology
From ata (“father; predecessor, forefather”) + Türk (“Turk”), resulting as “father of the Turks”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈtɑtyɾk/, [ɑˈt̪ɑt̪yɾc]
- Hyphenation: A‧ta‧türk
- Rhymes: -yɾc
Proper noun
Atatürk
- Atatürk (founder of modern Turkey)
Coordinate terms
- Kemalist
- Kemalizm
Derived terms
- Atatürkçü
- Atatürkçülük