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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آونمق (avunmaḳ, “to be occupied with something in the mind, and so insensible to what transpires”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *abïn- (“to enjoy oneself, to be happy, to comfort”),[2] possibly from Old Turkic *ab- (“to crowd, to come together”),[3][4] morphologically avun- + -tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.βunˈtu/
- Hyphenation: a‧vun‧tu
Noun
avuntu (definite accusative avuntuyu, plural avuntular)
- A thing that consoles a person, that someone finds consolation in; solace, relief, distraction.
- Synonyms: teselli, (uncommon) avunç
- The act of trying to relieve someone's distress through emotional support.
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آونمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 272
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)abɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ab-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “avun-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “avuntu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu