vızıltı
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish وزلدی (vızıldı, vızıltı, “whizzing, buzzing noise”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish وز (vız, “onomatopoeic for; whizzing, buzzing noise”), morphologically vız + -ıl + -tı.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vızıltı (definite accusative vızıltıyı, plural vızıltılar)
- A whizzing or buzzing noise; drone.
- (figurative) Low and annoying whining or complaining.
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وزلدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2136
Further reading edit
- “vızıltı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu