bulaşıcı
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bulaş- (“to pass on, to spread”) + -ıcı (-ous).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bulaşıcı
- contagious (of a disease, easily transmitted to others)
- (figurative) contagious (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)
- Gülmek bulaşıcıdır. ― Laughing is contagious.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “bulaşıcı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bulaşıcı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bulaşıcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 654