Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مد و جزر (medd u cezir),[1] or alternatively جزر و مد (cezir u medd),[2] from Arabic مَدّ (madd) + جَزْر (jazr).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /met.d͡ʒeˈziɾ/
  • Hyphenation: met‧ce‧zir

Noun

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metcezir (definite accusative metcezri, plural metcezirler)

  1. (dated) Synonym of gelgit (ebb and flow, the tide)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative metcezir
Definite accusative metcezri
Singular Plural
Nominative metcezir metcezirler
Definite accusative metcezri metcezirleri
Dative metcezre metcezirlere
Locative metcezirde metcezirlerde
Ablative metcezirden metcezirlerden
Genitive metcezrin metcezirlerin

References

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  1. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مد و جزر”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1311
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جزر و مد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 440
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “met ve cezir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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