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kurgu.

fiction

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuɾˈɡu/

  1. fiction

  2. assembly from components;

  3. assembly from components; montage

  4. speculation

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورغو (“fancy, fear, fantasy”) with a semantic shift. By surface analysis, kur- + -gu.

adj/kuɾˈɡu/

  1. fictional

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورغو (“fancy, fear, fantasy”) with a semantic shift. By surface analysis, kur- + -gu.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.