mübalağalı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مبالغه‌لی (mübālaġalı),[1][2] from مبالغه (mübālaġa),[3] equivalent to mübalağa (exaggeration, overstatement) + -lı.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.baːlaːaˈɫɯ/
  • Hyphenation: mü‧ba‧la‧ğa‧lı

Adjective

mübalağalı

  1. exaggerated, hyperbolic
    Synonym: abartılı

Declension

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مبالغه‌لی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1099
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مبالغه‌لی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1268
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mübalağa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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