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bozuntu.

Remnants of something broken; scrap, bits and pieces.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/bo.zunˈtu/
  1. Remnants of something broken; scrap, bits and pieces.

  2. Something that is no longer used for its original purpose due to deterioration, neglect or being substituted for something else; formerly, previously, once.

    Maliye teşkilatı, apartman bozuntusu bir binada hizmet veriyor.
    Bir ahır bozuntusu olan köy okulu binası onarıldı, sıtma kaynağı bataklık kurutuldu.
  3. Someone or something that does not possess the qualities they are supposed to, a bad example of what they are supposed to be; a sorry or poor excuse for something, a travesty of something.

    derogatory · figuratively
    Çık git buradan tamirci bozuntusu!
    İstasyona vardığımızda tozlu topraklı bir yol bozuntusu karşılamıştı bizi.
  4. Being befuddled, flabbergasted, nonplussed.

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بوزنتی (bozuntu, “old materials”), from Ottoman Turkish بوزمق (bozmaḳ, “to demolish, to take down, to destroy, to put out of repair, to change for the worse, to throw into confusion, to defeat, (of weather) to become rough or stormy”), from Proto-Turkic *buŕ- (“to destroy, to ruin”), morphologically boz- + -un + -tu.

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