katakulli

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاتاقوللی (katakulli), قتاقوللی (katakulli), which derives via a misreading of ف (f) as ق (k) from French fait accompli.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧kul‧li

Noun

katakulli (definite accusative katakulliyi, plural katakulliler)

1. fiddle, ruse, shift, trick

Declension

Declension of katakulli

	singular	plural
nominative	katakulli	katakulliler
definite accusative	katakulliyi	katakullileri
dative	katakulliye	katakullilere
locative	katakullide	katakullilerde
ablative	katakulliden	katakullilerden
genitive	katakullinin	katakullilerin

Descendants

• → Albanian: katikule
• → Bulgarian: катику́ля (katikúlja) — Sredni Rodopi

References

• “katakulli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu