talatur

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Cypriot Greek ταλατούρι (talatoúri). See Ottoman Turkish تراتور (tarator).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧la‧tur

Noun

talatur (definite accusative talaturu, plural talaturlar)

  1. (chiefly Cyprus) tzatziki
    Synonym: cacık

Further reading

  • Kabataş, Orhan (2009) “talatur”, in Kıbrıs Türkçesinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of Cypriot Turkish] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Nicosia: Işık Kitabevi, →ISBN, page 537