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sallantı

Pronunciation: /saɫ.ɫanˈtɯ/

“sallantı” is a Turkish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The act of rocking, shaking, wobbling.
  2. Leaving something in suspense, delaying, procrastinating.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صاللانمق (ṣallanmaḳ, “to swing, to rock, to oscillate, to vibrate, to falter”), from Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”), from Ottoman Turkish صالمق (ṣalmaḳ, “to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send”), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free, to drop, to lower”),…

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