yıldırım
Pronunciation: /jɯɫ.dɯˈrɯm/
“yıldırım” is a Turkish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یلدرم (yıldırım, “thunderbolt”). Earliest attested in Kipchak records in 1312 as یولدوروم (yuldurum, “spark”) together with the deriving stem [script needed] (yuldura-, “to shine”), also Ottoman Turkish یلدرامق (yıldıramak, “to flash, gleam, glitter”). Equivalent to یلدرا (yıldıra-, “to flash”) + ـم (-ım, “noun forming suffix”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ildırım (“lightning,…
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