Taking this too seriously ... -cenap- has something to do with an answer or response. I don't understand ali-; in fact it's clearly a borrowed word since it violates native Turkish vowel harmony rules (as does -cenap-, for that matter). I am guessing the whole thing is a borrowing from Arabic and that the word means something like "rationalism". On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
Google Translate from Turkish: Türk'lerin İslam'ı seçmeden önceki töresi ile Müslümanlık arasında birbirine benzeyen bir çok husus bulunmaktaydı. Bu hususları; tevhid inancı, temizlik, hoşgörü, dürüstlük, alicenaplık, adalet, eşitlik, ahirete iman, kurban, cihat, ganimet, aileye ...
To "English": There were many similarities between Muslims and the customs of the Turks before the election of Islam. These include; tevhid belief, cleanliness, tolerance, honesty, alicenapism, justice, equality, belief in the afterlife, sacrifice, jihad, booty, family ...
Tayyip Erdogan sometimes uses alicenaplık to mean covfefe. --rwg
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