marking, mark (written or graphical indication) · mark, sign, indication · character (written or printed symbol, or letter; one of the basic elements making up a text file or string)
çekim: çoğul merkit · tamlayan merkin
köken: Borrowed from Old Swedish mærke (compare modern Swedish märke), from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō.
sign, symptom, signal (anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else) · symptom (a perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash)
Inherited from Malay tanda, from Javanese ꦠꦤ꧀ꦝ (tandha), from Old Javanese taṇḍa (“standard, banner”), probably from Tamil தண்டம் (taṇṭam, “flag”, literally “stick, staff”), from Sanskrit दण्ड (daṇḍa) (hence, doublet of denda).