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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كركینلك (gerginlik), equivalent to gergin + -lik.
Noun
gerginlik (definite accusative gerginliği, plural gerginlikler)
- tightness
- tension
- 1941 January 6, report from Anadolu Agency printed in Yenigün:
Japon - Amerikan gerginliği
Vaşington 6 A. A. - Japon murahhasları Amerikan teklifine verdikleri cevaptan sonra Hariciye Nazırı Hall ile 25 dakika süren bir görüşme yapmişlardır. Murahhaslar notanın muhteviyatı hakkında bır şey söylemek istememiş yalnız şu beyanatta bulunmuşlardır: "Biz her zaman konuşmağa hazırız. Ne de olsa Amerika ile dost bir milletiz."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN