heyecan
Appearance
See also: həyəcan
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هیجان (heyecan, “excitement, thrill”), from Arabic هَيَجَان (hayajān, “agitation, frenzy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /he.jeˈd͡ʒan/, (definite accusative) /he.je.d͡ʒaːˈnɯ/, (informal) /hejˈd͡ʒan/, (informal, definite accusative) /hej.d͡ʒaːˈnɯ/
- Hyphenation: he‧ye‧can
Noun
[edit]heyecan (definite accusative heyecanı, plural heyecanlar)
- excitement, thrill, stir, a strong and temporary emotional state
- synonym of coşku (“enthusiasm”)
Declension
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[edit]idiomatic uses of "heyecan"
Further reading
[edit]- “heyecan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “heyecan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “heyecan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1940
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “heyecan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük