kardeş

• kardaş, gardaş (dialectal)

From Ottoman Turkish قارداش (kardaş, “sibling”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قردآش (kardaş, “sibling”), equivalent to karın (“womb”) +‎ -daş (“fellow of, having in common, sharing”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈdeʃ/

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kardeş (definite accusative kardeşi, plural kardeşler)

1. sibling (brother or sister)

   Synonym: (dialectal) dadaş (“brother”)

• The term is gender-neutral, gender is indicated with phrases erkek kardeş (“brother”, literally “male sibling”) and kız kardeş (“sister”, literally “girl sibling”).

• This term is not used to refer to one's own older sibling; abi (“older brother”) or abla (“older sister”) are used instead.

• “kardeş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu