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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سویلنمك (söylenmek, “to talk to one's self, to grumble, to raise futile objections, to be said”), from Ottoman Turkish سویلمك (söylemek, “to say, to utter, to declare, to speak”), from Proto-Turkic *söŕle- (to say towards) from Proto-Turkic *söŕ (“word, speech”), morphologically söyle- + -n + -ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /søj.lɛnˈti/
- Hyphenation: söy‧len‧ti
Noun
söylenti (definite accusative söylentiyi, plural söylentiler)
- Unreliable news that spreads from ear to ear; rumor, word of mouth.
- Synonym: (archaic) rivayet
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سویلنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1096
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*söŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “söyle-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “söylenti”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu