fuzuli

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فضولی (fużûli, pertaining to excess; unjust),[1][2] from Arabic فُضُولِيّ (fuḍūliyy, curious, prying), from فُضُول (fuḍūl, curiosity) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.zuːˈliː/
  • Hyphenation: fu‧zu‧li

Adjective

fuzuli

  1. unnecessary, superfluous, inexpedient
    Synonyms: yersiz, gereksiz, lüzumsuz, (dated) afaki

Declension

Adverb

fuzuli

  1. unnecessarily, inexpediently
    Synonyms: gereksiz yere, boş yere, yok yere, lüzumsuz yere

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فضولی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1389
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فضولی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 904
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fuzuli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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