defol

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفع اول (defʿ ol),[1][2] from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ), equivalent to def (“an act of pushing away, repelling, expelling”) +‎ ol (“2nd P. Sg. positive imperative of olmak (“to be, to become”)”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdef.oɫ/
  • Hyphenation: def‧ol

Verb

defol

  1. second-person singular imperative of defolmak

Interjection

Defol!

  1. (offensive) Get out!, Beat it!, Piss off!

References
  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع اول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 574
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دفع اول”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 612
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “def¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • “defol!”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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