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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سیوری سیڭك (sivri siñek, literally “sharp, pointy fly”), equivalent to sivri + sinek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: siv‧ri‧si‧nek
Noun
sivrisinek
- mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
Declension
Further reading
- “sivrisinek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu