anafor
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Greek ἀνἀφορος (anaforos).
Noun
[edit]anafor n (plural anafoare)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | anafor | anaforul | anafoare | anafoarele |
| genitive-dative | anafor | anaforului | anafoare | anafoarelor |
| vocative | anaforule | anafoarelor | ||
Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آنافور (anafor, “whirlpool, eddy”), from Greek αναφορά (anaforá, “reference, report, account”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “reference”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anafor (definite accusative anaforu, plural anaforlar)
- whirlpool, eddy, vortex, swirl, a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents
- (figuratively) whirlpool, vortex, a chaotic situation that is difficult to escape from
- (slang) graft, dirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit profit obtained by corrupt means
Declension
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[edit]idiomatic uses of "anafor"
Further reading
[edit]- “anafor”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “anafor”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “anafor”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 242
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “anafor”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Categories:
- Romanian terms borrowed from Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish slang
- tr:Water
