fıskiye
Turkish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish فسقیه (fıskiye), from Arabic فِسْقِيَّة (fisqiyya). According to Nishanyan, the word is derived from the onomatopoeic word fıs, fış (cfr. fışkırmak) with the addition of the suffix -iye, and hence the Arabic word would be derived from the Turkish one.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfıskiye (definite accusative fıskiyeyi, plural fıskiyeler)
- sprinkler
- Synonym: fışkırık
- Sabah işine yürürken fıskiyeler giysilerini mahvetmiş
- The sprinklers ruined his clothings while he was walking to his job in the morning
- fountain
- Synonym: çeşme
Declension
editReferences
edit- “fıskiye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fıskiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1583a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fıskiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük