Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آوسترالیا[1][2] or آوسترالیه (avustraliya, ostraliya),[3] from English Australia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.vusˈtɾal.ja/, /a.vus.t(u)ˈɾal.ja/
  • Hyphenation: A‧vus‧tral‧ya
  • (file)

Proper noun edit

Avustralya

  1. Australia (a country and island in Oceania)
  2. (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)

Declension edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آوسترالیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 253
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آوسترالیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 41
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “آوسترالیه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 58

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