feryat figan

Turkish

Etymology

From feryat (“crying, screaming”) +‎ figan (“crying, wailing, moaning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈjat.fi.ɡan/
• Hyphenation: fer‧yat‧fi‧gan

Adverb

feryat figan

1. In a crying and wailing manner.
2. (figuratively) By making a great deal of fuss about something.

Related terms

• feryat etmek
• figan etmek

 

Further reading

• “feryat figan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “feryat figan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1567