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kesik.

Having been cut.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/ceˈsic/
  1. Having been cut.

  2. Short, shortened.

  3. Intermittent, discontinuous.

  4. Having spoilt, turned sour or curdled.

  5. Enamored, in love with.

    slang · with-dative
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كسك (kesik, “cut, cut through or off in pieces, curdled, coagulated, castrated”), from كسمك (kesmek, “to cut, to interrupt, to clot, to curdle”), from Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”), morphologically kes- + -ik. Cognates with Azerbaijani kəsik, Kazakh кесік (kesik), Kyrgyz кесик (kesik), Turkmen kesik.

noun/ceˈsic/
  1. A cut, incision, gash.

  2. A cutting, clipping from a newspaper, magazine etc.

  3. Çökelek cheese.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كسك (kesik, “cut, cut through or off in pieces, curdled, coagulated, castrated”), from كسمك (kesmek, “to cut, to interrupt, to clot, to curdle”), from Proto-Turkic *kes- (“to cut”), morphologically kes- + -ik. Cognates with Azerbaijani kəsik, Kazakh кесік (kesik), Kyrgyz кесик (kesik), Turkmen kesik.

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