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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قیلیبیق (kılıbık), probably from a Mongolic source. Compare Yakut килбик (kilbik, “timid, shy”), Mongolian гирби (girbi), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kı‧lı‧bık
Adjective
kılıbık
- henpecked
Noun
kılıbık (definite accusative kılıbığı, plural kılıbıklar)
- a henpecked husband
Declension
Antonyms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kılıbık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kılıbık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3602
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN