kereste

Hungarian

Etymology

keres +‎ -te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛʃtɛ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧res‧te

Verb

kereste

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of keres

   A többieket kereste. ― He/she was looking for the others.

   Valaki kereste önt. ― Somebody was looking for you. (formal)

Participle

kereste

1. verbal participle of keres

   a maga kereste pénz ― the money earned by himself/herself (literally, “the himself/herself-earned money”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كرسته (kereste, “timber; building material”), from Persian كراسته.

Noun

kereste (definite accusative keresteyi, plural keresteler)

1. (woodworking) timber, lumber
2. uncouth, rude person

Declension

Declension of kereste

singular plural nominative kereste keresteler definite accusative keresteyi keresteleri dative keresteye kerestelere locative kerestede kerestelerde ablative keresteden kerestelerden genitive kerestenin kerestelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kerestem kerestelerim 2nd singular keresten kerestelerin 3rd singular kerestesi keresteleri 1st plural kerestemiz kerestelerimiz 2nd plural keresteniz keresteleriniz 3rd plural keresteleri keresteleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kerestemi kerestelerimi 2nd singular keresteni kerestelerini 3rd singular kerestesini kerestelerini 1st plural kerestemizi kerestelerimizi 2nd plural kerestenizi kerestelerinizi 3rd plural kerestelerini kerestelerini dative singular plural 1st singular keresteme kerestelerime 2nd singular kerestene kerestelerine 3rd singular kerestesine kerestelerine 1st plural kerestemize kerestelerimize 2nd plural kerestenize kerestelerinize 3rd plural kerestelerine kerestelerine locative singular plural 1st singular kerestemde kerestelerimde 2nd singular kerestende kerestelerinde 3rd singular kerestesinde kerestelerinde 1st plural kerestemizde kerestelerimizde 2nd plural kerestenizde kerestelerinizde 3rd plural kerestelerinde kerestelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kerestemden kerestelerimden 2nd singular kerestenden kerestelerinden 3rd singular kerestesinden kerestelerinden 1st plural kerestemizden kerestelerimizden 2nd plural kerestenizden kerestelerinizden 3rd plural kerestelerinden kerestelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kerestemin kerestelerimin 2nd singular kerestenin kerestelerinin 3rd singular kerestesinin kerestelerinin 1st plural kerestemizin kerestelerimizin 2nd plural kerestenizin kerestelerinizin 3rd plural kerestelerinin kerestelerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular keresteyim kerestelerim 2nd singular kerestesin kerestelersin 3rd singular kereste kerestedir keresteler kerestelerdir 1st plural keresteyiz keresteleriz 2nd plural kerestesiniz kerestelersiniz 3rd plural keresteler kerestelerdir

Derived terms

• keresteci

Related terms

• kâr

Descendants

• → Romanian: cherestea

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kereste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كرسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539