çırpıntı
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish چرپنتی (çırpıntı, “the rubbish cast on shore by the waves”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish چرپنمق (çırpınmaḳ, “to flutter and struggle with the wings or arms, to make a fuss”), from Ottoman Turkish چرپمق (çırpmaḳ, “to beat slightly, to tap, to clip, (of the heart) to beat violently”),[2] morphologically çırp- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]çırpıntı (definite accusative çırpıntıyı, plural çırpıntılar)
- The act of struggling or fluttering.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرپنتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 716
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çırp-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “çırpıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu