manasız

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

mana (meaning) + -sız (without, -less).

Adjective

manasız

  1. meaningless, senseless, pointless

References

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معناسز (mʿanāsız),[1][2] from معنا (mʿanā),[3] equivalent to mana (meaning, sense) + -sız (without, -less).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːnaːˈsɯz/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧na‧sız

Adjective

manasız

  1. meaningless, senseless
  2. (figuratively) pointless, purposeless, useless

Declension

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معناسز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1196
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “معناسز”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1377
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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