Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیبت (ġıybet),[1][2][3] from Arabic غِيبَة (ḡība).[4]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɯjˈbet/
  • Hyphenation: gıy‧bet

Noun edit

gıybet (definite accusative gıybeti, plural gıybetler)

  1. gossip, backbiting
    Synonyms: dedikodu, laf, (archaic) kılükal

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative gıybet
Definite accusative gıybeti
Singular Plural
Nominative gıybet gıybetler
Definite accusative gıybeti gıybetleri
Dative gıybete gıybetlere
Locative gıybette gıybetlerde
Ablative gıybetten gıybetlerden
Genitive gıybetin gıybetlerin

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1355
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غیبت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 979
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “غیبت”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 972
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gıybet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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