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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From uçur (“to tear off”) + -um.
Noun
uçurum (definite accusative uçurumu, plural uçurumlar)
- precipice, cliff
- Synonym: yarğan
- (figurative, by extension) chasm (a large difference of opinion)
- (figurative, by extension) calamity, catastrophy
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوچرم (uçurum, “cliff, precipice, very steep place”). Related to uçurmak (“to cause to fly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
uçurum
- cliff
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References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uçurum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوچرم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 240
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN