ciddiyet
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جدیت (ciddiyet, “seriousness, severity, solemnity”), from Arabic جِدِّيَّة (jiddiyya), from جِدِّيّ (jiddiyy, “serious, grave, earnest”), from جَدَّ (jadda, “to be new, to be serious or earnest”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ciddiyet (definite accusative ciddiyeti, plural ciddiyetler)
- seriousness, solemnity, earnestness
- (figuratively) (of an event, situation etc.) severity, gravity
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ciddi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “ciddiyet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ciddiyet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 812