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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فتور (fütur, “abatement, becoming despirited, languor”),[1][2] from Arabic فُتُور (futūr, “lukewarmness; languour, indifference”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fyˈtuɾ/, (definite accusative) /fy.tuˈɾu/
- Hyphenation: fü‧tur
Noun
fütur (definite accusative füturu, plural füturlar)
- (obsolete) laziness, idleness
- Synonyms: tembellik, atalet
- (dated) exhaustion, languor, weariness, the doldrums
- Synonyms: bezginlik, umutsuzluk, usanç
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فتور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1365
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فتور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 887
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fütur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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