güya

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Persian گویا.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟyːˈjaː/

Adverb

güya

  1. supposedly, allegedly

Interjection

güya

  1. (idiomatic) as if (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كویا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1062
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كویا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1606
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