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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Persian گویا.
Pronunciation
Adverb
güya
- supposedly, allegedly
Interjection
güya
- (idiomatic) as if (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كویا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1606
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN