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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صولانمق (ṣulanmaḳ, “to become water, watery or juicy, to become provided with watered, to be watered”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صولامق (ṣulamaḳ, “to water, to pay money down, to temper steel by applying water”), from Ottoman Turkish صو (ṣu, “water”), from Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”),[2][3] morphologically su + -la + -n + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.ɫanˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: su‧lan‧tı
Noun
sulantı (definite accusative sulantıyı, plural sulantılar)
- (slang) The act of making unwanted sexual advances, taking liberties with, hitting on.
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صولانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1194
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sɨb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “su”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “sulantı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu