piyango
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پیانقو (piyanḳo, “lottery, raffle”),[1] from Italian bianco (“white”), by extension from games of chance in which whoever draws the white object such as a piece of paper is declared winner.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
piyango (definite accusative piyangoyu, plural piyangolar)
- A lottery, raffle.
- (figuratively) An unexpected situation.
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پیانقو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 462
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “piyango”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “piyango”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “piyango”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3867