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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish امید (umut), from Old Anatolian Turkish (umut, “hope”). Its relation to Persian امید (omêd, “hope”) is not clear. According to Starostin although it may be a derivative of Proto-Turkic *um- (“to hope for”), (see Turkish um-) it tends to merge with the Persian word (see also ümit). Nişanyan points out that it is akin to Karakhanid (umunç, “desire, hope”), (umdu, “desire”), Old Uyghur (umuɣ, “desire”), which are all derived from Proto-Turkic *um-. Equivalent to um- (“to hope”) + -ut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈmut/
- Hyphenation: u‧mut
Noun
umut (definite accusative umudu, plural umutlar)
- hope (belief that something hoped for can happen), wish
- expectation
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 204
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*um-, *um-sa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-12-24) “umut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük