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sille.

smack, cuff, buffet, a slap delivered with the palm of the hand

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/sillɛ/
  1. smack, cuff, buffet, a slap delivered with the palm of the hand

  2. synonym of felaket (“disaster, catastrophe”)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سله (sille), a vulgarized form of Classical Persian سیلی (sili, “slap on the face”).

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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.