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See also: Gamze
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غمزه (gamze, “coquetry, wink or sign with the eye; dimple”),[1][2][3] from Arabic غَمْزَة (ḡamza).[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gamze (definite accusative gamzeyi, plural gamzeler)
- dimple (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غمزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1351
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غمزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 877
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “غمزه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 969
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gamze”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “gamze”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gamze”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1639