Turkish

edit

Etymology

edit

From Ottoman Turkish مستهزی (müstehzi),[1][2] from Arabic مُسْتَهْزِئ (mustahziʔ), active participle of اِسْتَهْزَأَ (istahzaʔa).[3]

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /mys.tehˈzi/
  • Hyphenation: müs‧teh‧zi

Adjective

edit

müstehzi

  1. mocking
    • 1938 July 16, Niyazi Ahmet, “Dersimli Kız”, in Vakit, page 2:
      Kız gülümsiyordu. Dudaklarında müstehzi bir kıvrılış vardı.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. sarcastic

Declension

edit

Adverb

edit

müstehzi

  1. In a mocking, cynical manner.
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مستهزی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1851
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستهزی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1165
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müstehzi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

edit