cüret

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish جرأت (boldness, courage), from Arabic جُرْأَة (jurʔa).

Noun[edit]

cüret (definite accusative cüreti, plural cüretler)

  1. courage
  2. insolence
    • 1937 March 4, “Hatay'da çete baskınları başladı”, in Son Telgraf, Istanbul, page 1:
      Bu ne cü'ret?!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cüret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جرأت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 652
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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