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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوزنمك (üzenmek, “to take pains, to be pains-taking”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish اوز (öz, “pith, essence, the self”), from Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ (“inside, the essential part, the self”),[2] morphologically öz + -en + -ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œzænˈti/
- Hyphenation: ö‧zen‧ti
Noun
özenti (definite accusative özentiyi, plural özentiler)
- The effort to be or look like someone or something one likes.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who imitates someone or something they look up to, or wants to be a part of a group; wannabe, ape, copycat.
Declension
References
Further reading
- “özenti”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu