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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

oy.

vote

2 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/oj/

  1. vote

  2. opinion, thought, vision

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”), itself from Old Anatolian Turkish اوی (oy), ultimately from onomatopoeic origin. Initially reintroduced to the language during 1930s as a Turkic replacement for fikir and rey (see kamuoyu (“public opinion”)).

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