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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From sarsı- + -ntı.
Pronunciation
Noun
sarsıntı (definite accusative sarsıntını, plural sarsıntılar)
- concussion
- shock
- (figurative) something so surprising that it is stunning
- a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance
Declension
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صارسمق (sarsmaḳ, “to shake, to joggle”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *sar- (“to treat harshly, to pick on”),[2] morphologically sars- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
Noun
sarsıntı (definite accusative sarsıntıyı, plural sarsıntılar)
- A sudden shake, jerk.
- Synonym: sallantı
- A tremor, quake, earthquake.
- Synonyms: deprem, (dated) zelzele
- (medicine) A shock, concussion.
- Synonyms: travma, (archaic) sadme
Declension
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References
Further reading
- “sarsıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu