Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ثالثه (salise), an Ottoman coinage meaning third (ordinal), likely because of Arabic ثانِية (ṯāniya) (second) both the unit of time and the ordinal, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salise (definite accusative saliseyi, plural saliseler)

  1. A unit of time equal to 160 of a second
  2. (informal) centisecond (unit of time)
  3. split-second

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative salise
Definite accusative saliseyi
Singular Plural
Nominative salise saliseler
Definite accusative saliseyi saliseleri
Dative saliseye saliselere
Locative salisede saliselerde
Ablative saliseden saliselerden
Genitive salisenin saliselerin