gıybet

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیبت (ġıybet),[1][2][3] from Arabic غِيبَة (ḡība).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɯjˈbet/
  • Hyphenation: gıy‧bet

Noun

gıybet (definite accusative gıybeti, plural gıybetler)

  1. gossip, backbiting
    Synonyms: dedikodu, laf, (archaic) kılükal, (archaic) kov

Declension

Declension of gıybet
singular plural
nominative gıybet gıybetler
definite accusative gıybeti gıybetleri
dative gıybete gıybetlere
locative gıybette gıybetlerde
ablative gıybetten gıybetlerden
genitive gıybetin gıybetlerin

Derived terms

  • gıtbetçi
  • gıybet etmek

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1355
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غیبت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 979
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “غیبت”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 972
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gıybet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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