gıpta
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غبطه (ġıbṭa, “a commendable longing, a desire without envy or malice”),[1] from Arabic غِبْطَة (ḡibṭa), verbal noun of غَبَطَ (ḡabaṭa, “to wish to have what other has without being envious”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gıpta (definite accusative gıptayı, plural gıptalar)
- The desire to have the good qualities or things someone else has without envy; admiration, the act of looking up to someone.
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غبطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1336
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gıpta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “gıpta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gıpta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1708