kurgu

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورغو (“fancy, fear, fantasy”) with a semantic shift. By surface analysis, kur- +‎ -gu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈɡu/
• Hyphenation: kur‧gu

Noun

kurgu (definite accusative kurguyu, plural kurgular)

1. fiction

   Synonyms: fiksiyon, kurmaca

2. assembly from components;
   1. (media) montage
3. (philosophy) speculation

   Synonym: spekülasyon

Declension

Declension of kurgu

	singular	plural
nominative	kurgu	kurgular
definite accusative	kurguyu	kurguları
dative	kurguya	kurgulara
locative	kurguda	kurgularda
ablative	kurgudan	kurgulardan
genitive	kurgunun	kurguların

Derived terms

• bilim kurgu
• kurgu bilimi
• kurgucu
• kurgulamak
• kurgulu
• kurgusal
• kurgusuz

Adjective

kurgu

1. fictional

   Synonym: kurgusal

Further reading

• “kurgu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kurgu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kurgu”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kurgu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2846
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قورغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 980
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kurgu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قورغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1484