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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوركنتی (ürküntü, “a sudden fright, panic”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish اوركمك (ürkmek, “to be frightened, to start with fright, especially for a horse to shy”), from Proto-Turkic *ürk- (“to be afraid”),[2][3] morphologically ürk- + -ün + -tü.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yɾ.cynˈty/
- Hyphenation: ür‧kün‧tü
Noun
ürküntü (definite accusative ürküntüyü, plural ürküntüler)
- The feeling of being afraid or frightened; fright.
- Synonyms: korku, (obsolete) haşyet, (obsolete) tevahhuş
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوركنتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 246
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ürk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ürk-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “ürküntü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu