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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوینتی (oyuntu, “an excavation, the material scooped out”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish اویمق (oymaḳ, “to excavate, to scoop out, to carve, to engrave”), from Proto-Turkic *oy- (“to dig, to pick”),[2][3] morphologically oy- + -un + -tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.junˈtu/
- Hyphenation: o‧yun‧tu
Noun
oyuntu (definite accusative oyuntuyı, plural oyuntular)
- A hole or cavity dug out, cut out, carved out etc.
- A ditch, gully.
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوینتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 276
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ōj-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oy-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “oyuntu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu