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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مرلدی (mırıldı, “a grumbling”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish مرل (mırıl, “onomatopoeic for; a muttering, grumbling sound”), from Ottoman Turkish مر (mır, “onomatopoeic for; a murmur, murmuring, sound of a cat”),[2][3] morphologically mır + -ıl + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɯ.ɾɯɫˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: mı‧rıl‧tı
Noun
mırıltı (definite accusative mırıltıyı, plural mırıltılar)
- Inaudible and unintelligible talk; murmur, mumble, mutter.
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرلدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1795
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “mırıltı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu