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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلوه (cilve, “a formally showing a bride to her husband after marriage, when he sees her unveiled for the first time, a present as due from a husband to his bride on first beholding her unveiled, (from the foregoing) the coy first appearance of a bride unveiled, coquetry, coquettish airs and graces, any overpowering manifestation of any beautiful or majestic thing, God's manifestation of himself to a saint, the dance of the dervishes”),[1][2] from Arabic جِلْوَة (jilwa, “unveiling of a bride”), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, “to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒilˈve/
- Hyphenation: cil‧ve
Noun
cilve (definite accusative cilveyi, plural cilveler)
- A behavior meant to please or seem cute, flirtatious or coquettish attitude.
- Synonyms: kırıtma, naz
- (figuratively) An act of appearing, manifesting.
- Synonym: tecelli
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 672
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 443
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cilve”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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