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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قیصمق (ḳısmaḳ, “to catch, to pinch, to fold, to crease, to be stingy with money”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“to squeeze, to restrain, to constrict, to limit the freedom of”),[2] morphologically kıs- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɯ.sɯnˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: kı‧sın‧tı
Noun
kısıntı (definite accusative kısıntıyı, plural kısıntılar)
- The act of being thrifty or cutting down on any necessity; restriction, curtailment, limitation.
- Synonym: (obsolete) tahdit
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Further reading
- “kısıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu