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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استغنا or استغناء (istiġnā, “a being sufficiently rich to have no need of help”),[1][2] from Arabic اِسْتِغْنَاء (istiḡnāʔ), verbal noun of اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā, “to be rich; to do without”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.tiːˈnaː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: is‧tiğ‧na
Noun
istiğna (definite accusative istiğnayı, plural istiğnalar)
- (archaic) An act of feigning reluctance towards an offer; playing coy, accismus.
- Synonym: nazlanma
- (archaic) The state of being content with one's current condition, contentedness.
- Synonyms: doygunluk, gönül tokluğu
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استغنا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 101
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استغناء”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 82
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “istiğna”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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