Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیورق (ḳıvrıḳ, curled, twisted),[1] from Ottoman Turkish قیورمق (ḳıvırmaḳ, to curl, to coil, to twist),[2] morphologically kıvır- +‎ -ık.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɯβˈɾɯk/
  • Hyphenation: kıv‧rık

Adjective

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kıvrık

  1. Having been curled or twisted; curly.
    Synonyms: kırışık, büzük, büzüşük

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیورق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1511
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kıvır-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • kıvrık”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu