ben
Pronunciation: /ˈben/
“ben” is a Turkish word. Its 3 meanings in English:
pronoun
- I, me
noun
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بن (ben, “I”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بن (/bän/, “I”), from Proto-Common Turkic *bän (“I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben- (“me”), oblique of *be (“I”). Cognate with Azerbaijani mən, Turkmen men; Uzbek men, Uyghur مەن (men), Karakhanid مَنْ (man /män/, “I”); Crimean Tatar men, Armeno-Kipchak մեն (men), Tatar мин (min), Bashkir мин (min), Kazakh мен (men), Kyrgyz…
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