kurgu
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورغو (“fancy, fear, fantasy”) with a semantic shift. By surface analysis, kur- + -gu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈɡu/
- Hyphenation: kur‧gu
Noun
kurgu (definite accusative kurguyu, plural kurgular)
- fiction
- Synonyms: fiksiyon, kurmaca
- assembly from components;
- (philosophy) speculation
- Synonym: spekülasyon
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kurgu | kurgular |
| definite accusative | kurguyu | kurguları |
| dative | kurguya | kurgulara |
| locative | kurguda | kurgularda |
| ablative | kurgudan | kurgulardan |
| genitive | kurgunun | kurguların |
Derived terms
- bilim kurgu
- kurgu bilimi
- kurgucu
- kurgulamak
- kurgulu
- kurgusal
- kurgusuz
Adjective
kurgu
- fictional
- Synonym: kurgusal
Further reading
- “kurgu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kurgu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kurgu”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kurgu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2846
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قورغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 980
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kurgu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قورغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1484