sünger
Appearance
See also: sunger
Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سونكر (sünger, “sponge”), from Medieval Greek σφουγγάριον (sphoungárion), from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos), ultimately from a Pre-Greek substrate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sünger (definite accusative süngeri, plural süngerler)
- sea sponge, any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera
- Coordinate term: süngerler
- sponge, bath sponge, loofah, a piece of porous material used for washing
- pop filter, a piece of recording equipment used to protect a microphone
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sünger”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sünger”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sünger”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4380
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sünger”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Categories:
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Medieval Greek
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Sponges
