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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish غجیردی (ġıcırdı, ġıcırtı, “a continued creaking or rustling”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish غجیر (ġıcır, “onomatopoeic for; creaking (leather), rustling sound”),[2] morphologically gıcır + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɯ.d͡ʒɯɾˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: gı‧cır‧tı
Noun
gıcırtı (definite accusative gıcırtıyı, plural gıcırtılar)
- A creaking, squeaking noise, produced by or resembling hard objects rubbing against one another.
- Beyaz balinanın çıtırtı, gıcırtı, bağırtı, ıslık ve çan benzeri tınlamalardan oluşan, geniş bir ses yelpazesi vardır. ― The beluga whale has a wide range of sounds consisting of clicking, creaking, screaming, whistling and bell-like resonances.
- (figuratively) Complaining, protesting in an annoying manner.
Declension
References
Further reading
- “gıcırtı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu