çalkantı
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish چالقانتی (çalḳantı, “a violent shaking and agitation, nausea, disturbance of the heart or mind, what is thrown off as refuse by means of a violent shaking”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish چالقامق (çalḳamaḳ, “to agitate, to shake about, for sea to toss about a ship or boat”), from Ottoman Turkish چالمق (çalmaḳ, “to strike, to knock, to perform music on, to steal”), from Proto-Turkic *čal- (“to hit, to strike”),[2] morphologically çalka- + -n + -tı.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]çalkantı (definite accusative çalkantıyı, plural çalkantılar)
- Rippling, undulating in a liquid; turbulence, sloshing.
- Something that was shaken, agitated or whipped up.
- (figuratively) A state of unrest and disorder; turmoil, upheaval, commotion.
- (figuratively, uncommon) Enthusiasm, excitement.
- (regional) The undesirable materials separated with a sieve.
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چالقانتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 708
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalka-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “çalkantı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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