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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معما (muʿammā, “a riddle, enigma”)[1] or معمی,[2] from Arabic مُعَمَّا (muʕammā) or مُعَمَّى (muʕammā), from أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā, “blind (unable to see)”).[3] Cognates with Azerbaijani müəmma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.amˈmaː/
- Hyphenation: mu‧am‧ma
Noun
muamma (definite accusative muammayı, plural muammalar)
- (obsolete) A riddle.
- Synonym: bilmece
- (literary) A riddle in verse in Aşık tradition.
- (figuratively) Something incomprehensible, unknown; enigma.
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Adjective
muamma
- incomprehensible, unknown
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1914
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معمی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1196
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muamma”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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