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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جناس (cinas),[1][2] from Arabic جِنَاس (jinās), verbal noun of جَانَسَ (jānasa, “to be related to, to be similar to”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈnas/, (definite accusative) /d͡ʒi.naːˈsɯ/
- Hyphenation: ci‧nas
Noun
cinas (definite accusative cinası, plural cinaslar)
- (literature) wordplay, pun
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جناس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 680
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جناس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 446
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cinas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
Volapük
Noun
cinas
- genitive plural of cin