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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صیغنمق (sıġınmaḳ, “to squeeze one's self into a narrow place, to take shelter in, to take refuge with”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صیغمق (sıġmaḳ, “to go in to be held and contained in a space or place”), from Proto-Turkic *sıġ- (“to fit, to conform by being squeezed”),[2] morphologically sığ- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɯːɯnˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: sı‧ğın‧tı
Noun
sığıntı (definite accusative sığıntıyı, plural sığıntılar)
- (derogatory) A person who is made to feel their stay is too much, whose presence is deemed unwelcome or unnecessary; freeloader, free rider or fifth wheel.
Declension
References
Further reading
- “sığıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu