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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From üz- (“to torment, to rack”) + -üntü.
Pronunciation
Noun
üzüntü (definite accusative üzüntünü, plural üzüntülər)
- strong feelings of distress caused by sorrow, worry, anxiety etc.
- physical exhaustion
Declension
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوزندی (üzendi, “care, anxiety, dejection”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish اوزمك (üzmek, “to overstrain, to injure by over-exertion, to break down or debilitate with pain, to hurt the feelings of”), from Proto-Turkic *üz- (“to break, to hurt, to pluck”),[2][3] morphologically üz- + -ün + -tü.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.zynˈty/
- Hyphenation: ü‧zün‧tü
Noun
üzüntü (definite accusative üzüntüyü, plural üzüntüler)
- Sadness, sorrow, grief.
- Synonyms: gam, keder, (dated) teessür
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوزندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 251
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*üz-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “üz-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “üzüntü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu