taşkın

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاشقین (taşkın). By surface analysis, taş- +‎ -kın.

Noun

taşkın (definite accusative taşkını, plural taşkınlar)

  1. flood

Adjective

taşkın

  1. overflowing
  2. excessive
  3. insolent, impertinent

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاشقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 791a