Turkish

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Etymology

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From yanıt +‎ -la, coined by Turkish writer, poet and literary critic Nurullah Ataç and was supposed to displace cevaplamak.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ja.nɯt.ɫa.mak/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧nıt‧la‧mak

Verb

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yanıtlamak (third-person singular simple present yanıtlar)

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Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 85