ciddiyet
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جدیت (ciddiyet, “seriousness, severity, solemnity”), from Arabic جِدِّيَّة (jiddiyya), from جِدِّيّ (jiddiyy, “serious, grave, earnest”), from جَدَّ (jadda, “to be new, to be serious or earnest”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ciddiyet (definite accusative ciddiyeti, plural ciddiyetler)
- seriousness, solemnity, earnestness
- (figuratively) (of an event, situation etc.) severity, gravity
Declension
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ciddi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “ciddiyet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ciddiyet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 812