vızıltı
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish وزلدی (vızıldı, vızıltı, “whizzing, buzzing noise”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish وز (vız, “onomatopoeic for; whizzing, buzzing noise”), morphologically vız + -ıl + -tı.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vızıltı (definite accusative vızıltıyı, plural vızıltılar)
- A whizzing or buzzing noise; drone.
- (figurative) Low and annoying whining or complaining.
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وزلدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2136
Further reading[edit]
- “vızıltı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu