tecessüs
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تجسس (tecessüs, “an inquiring in a diligent or prying manner, search, scrutiny, curiosity”),[1] from Arabic تَجَسُّس (tajassus, “espionage”), verbal noun of تَجَسَّسَ (tajassasa, “to scrutinize, to snoop”).[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani təcəssüs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tecessüs (definite accusative tecessüsü, plural tecessüsler)
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تجسس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 498
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tecessüs”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “tecessüs”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tecessüs”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4667