güya

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Persian گویا.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟyːˈjaː/

Adverb

güya

1. supposedly, allegedly

Interjection

güya

1. (idiomatic) as if (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كویا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1606
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN