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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خلیا, from Ancient Greek χολία (kholía), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Does the Greek "cholía" exist as a simplex, or is it a purely Turkish shortening from "melancholía". Either way the word seems to have been associated with "hayal" in Turkish.”
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Noun
hülya (definite accusative hülyayı, plural hülyalar)
- pipe dream
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