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cilve.

A behavior meant to please or seem cute, flirtatious or coquettish attitude.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒilˈve/
  1. A behavior meant to please or seem cute, flirtatious or coquettish attitude.

  2. An act of appearing, manifesting.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلوه (cilve, “a formally showing a bride to her husband after marriage, when he sees her unveiled for the first time, a present as due from a husband to his bride on first beholding her unveiled, (from the foregoing) the coy first appearance of a bride unveiled, coquetry, coquettish airs and graces, any overpowering manifestation of any beautiful or majestic thing, God's manifestation of himself to a saint, the dance of the dervishes”), from Arabic جِلْوَة (jilwa, “unveiling of a bride”), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, “to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart”).

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