Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مبالغه‌لی (mübālaġalı),[1][2] from مبالغه (mübālaġa),[3] equivalent to mübalağa (exaggeration, overstatement) +‎ -lı.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /my.baːlaːaˈɫɯ/
  • Hyphenation: mü‧ba‧la‧ğa‧lı

Adjective edit

mübalağalı

  1. exaggerated, hyperbolic
    Synonym: abartılı

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مبالغه‌لی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1099
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مبالغه‌لی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1268
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mübalağa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit