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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فسقیه (fıskiye), from Arabic فِسْقِيَّة (fisqiyya). According to Nishanyan, the word is derived from the onomatopoeic word fıs, fış (cfr. fışkırmak) with the addition of the suffix -iye, and hence the Arabic word would be derived from the Turkish one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɯs.ciˈje/,
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: fıs‧ki‧ye
Noun
fıskiye (definite accusative fıskiyeyi, plural fıskiyeler)
- sprinkler
- Synonym: fışkırık
Sabah işine yürürken fıskiyeler giysilerini mahvetmiş- The sprinklers ruined his clothings while he was walking to his job in the morning
- fountain
- Synonym: çeşme
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