zilli

Turkish

Etymology

From zil (“bell”) +‎ -li (positive possessive instrumentality suffix).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: zil‧li

Adjective

zilli

  1. with bell
    Zilli bir elbise giyerek düğüne katıldı.
    She attended the wedding wearing a dress with a bell.
  2. (vulgar, figurative) impolite, rude, ill-mannered woman
    Şu zilliye tutulduğuna inanamıyorum. (colloquial speech)
    I can't believe you got head over heels for that shrew of a woman.

References

  • “zilli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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