ezici

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ازمك (ezmek, to crush, to pound, to bruise, to reduce to weakness),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *ẹŕ- (to scratch, to scrape, to knead, to press, to grind, to crush, to soak, to dilute, to rub, to smear),[3][4] morphologically ez- +‎ -ci.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ziˈd͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: e‧zi‧ci

Adjective

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ezici

  1. That which does the act of crushing, pressing.
  2. (figuratively) tiring, exhausting, crushing, distressful
  3. (figuratively) (of a majority, victory etc.) overwhelming, sweeping

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 81
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ازمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 71
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ezmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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