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Turkish
Etymology
From zil (“bell”) + -li (positive possessive instrumentality suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
zilli
- with bell
Zilli bir elbise giyerek düğüne katıldı.- She attended the wedding wearing a dress with a bell.
- (vulgar, figurative) impolite, rude, ill-mannered woman
Şu zilliye tutulduğuna inanamıyorum. (colloquial speech)- I can't believe you got head over heels for that shrew of a woman.
References
- “zilli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu