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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قاصندی (ḳaṣındı, ḳaṣıntı, “a stretching, tightness, tension”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish قاصنمق (ḳaṣınmaḳ, “to be shrunk, to tighten, to pinch expenses, to be frugal”),[2] from Ottoman Turkish قاصمق (ḳaṣmaḳ, “to stretch tight, to tighten, to curtail expenses”), from Proto-Turkic *K(i)as- (“to constrict, to tighten”),[3][4] morphologically kas- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.sɯnˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: ka‧sın‧tı
Noun
kasıntı (definite accusative kasıntıyı, plural kasıntılar)
- Temporary stitching to tighten or to gather a part of a garment; tacking or basting stitches.
- (figuratively) The act of bragging, showing off, tooting one's own horn.
- Synonyms: kurum, gurur, kibir
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who brags, shows off; a braggart, a peacock, stuck up.
- Synonyms: övüngen, benbenci
Declension
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاصندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1417
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاصنمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 929
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)as-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kas-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “kasıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu