fordít

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1372. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *pürke- (*pᴕrγɜ-) (to turn, revolve, spin)[1] + -dít (causative suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

fordít

  1. (transitive) to turn (change the direction or orientation of something)
  2. (transitive) to change the course of, to adapt (-ra/-re)
  3. (transitive) to translate (to change text from one language to another) (from -ról/-ről or -ból/-ből, into -ra/-re)
    Perfective: lefordít
  4. (transitive) to spend (some amount on money on something: -ra/-re)
  5. (intransitive) to turn the page, to turn over (mainly used in the imperative fordíts, also abbreviated in handwriting as ˙⁄.)

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References

  1. ^ Entry #837 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ fordít in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • fordít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN