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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مقناطس, مقناطیس (mıknatıs), from Arabic مِغْنَاطِيس (miḡnāṭīs), from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης (magnḗtēs, “atrractive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mıknatıs (definite accusative mıknatısı, plural mıknatıslar)
- magnet
Declension
References
- “mıhladız”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3180
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mıknatıs”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقناطس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1949