gece

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *gēče (“night, evening”), see Turkish gece (“night”) below.

Noun

gece

1. night

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish گیجه‎ (gece, “night, evening”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (gece, “night”), from Proto-Turkic *gēče (“night, evening”). Cognate to geç (“late”) and gecikmek (“to be late”). Compare Turkic cognates such as Old Turkic 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀‎ (kéče, “evening, late in the evening”), Karakhanid [script needed] (kéčē, “night, at night”), Turkmen gīje (“night”), Yakut киэһэ (kiehe, “evening”), and Hungarian késik (“to be late”) a Turkic borrowing from the same root. Unrelated to geç- (“to pass”) which has a short /e/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟe̞ˈdʒɛ]

Noun

gece (definite accusative geceyi, plural geceler)

1. night

Adverb

gece

1. at night, in the night, by night
2. nocturnally

Adjective

gece (incomparable)

1. nocturnal