lakırtı
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish لاقردی (lakırdı, “anything said, talk, conversation”) or لقردی,[1] from Ottoman Turkish لك (lak, lek, “idle words, nonsense”),[2] from Proto-Turkic *lak (“onomatopoeic for; tongue clicking, clucking sound”),[3] morphologically lak + -ır + -tı.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lakırtı (definite accusative lakırtıyı, plural lakırtılar)
- Talking, speaking, conversation.
- (figuratively) Idle talk, chatter, rumor, gossip.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاقردی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1620
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1638
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lakırdı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “lakırtı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu